News

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

This is the 17th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

U.S. States

IVF babies have greater risk of complications, study finds

By Ian Sample, The Guardian [UK] | 01.08.2014

Children born after IVF treatment have a greater risk of complications ranging from preterm birth to neonatal death, according to...

Assisted Reproduction

DNA evidence in Grim Sleeper case was taken legally, judge rules

By Paresh Dave, Los Angeles Times | 01.07.2014

A judge ruled Tuesday that DNA evidence that led to accused Grim Sleeper serial killer Lonnie Franklin Jr. was lawfully...

Genomics

Leaked Files Slam Stem-Cell Therapy

By Alison Abbott, Nature | 01.07.2014

A series of damning documents seen by Nature expose deep concerns over the safety and efficacy of the controversial stem-cell...

Bioethics

Should Persons Affected by Mitochondrial Disorders Not be Brought Into Existence?

By Professor Calum MacKellar, BioNews | 01.06.2014

Untitled Document In their article entitled Is mitochondrial replacement therapy eugenic and incompatible with human dignity? in BioNews 733, John...

Bioethics

Gene Patent Case Fuels U.S. Court Test of Stem Cell Right

By Susan Decker, Bloomberg | 01.05.2014

As scientists get closer to using embryonic stem cells in new treatments for blindness, spinal cord injuries and heart disease...

Stem Cells

The Truth About Egg Donation

By Jen Dziura, The Gloss | 01.03.2014

I donated eggs — to gay men, through an agency, in exchange for money — twice in my twenties. At...

Bioethics

I Had My DNA Picture Taken, With Varying Results

By Kira Peikoff, The New York Times | 12.30.2013

I like to plan ahead; that much I knew about myself before I plunged into exploring my genetic code. I’m...

Genomics

An Ethics for the Future of Genetic Testing

By Sara Hendren, The Atlantic | 12.30.2013

The available prenatal testing technologies for expectant parents are constantly changing in dramatic and subtle ways, and 2013 saw its...

Biotech & Pharma