News

'Superbabies' Startup Seeks Funds for Controversial Gene Editing Push

By Sophie Alexander and Ike Swetlitz, Bloomberg | 06.25.2025

A California-startup focused on genetically editing human embryos — a step toward creating so-called designer babies — is raising money as many of Silicon Valley’s ultra-rich turn their attention to one of the most controversial technologies in medicine.

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Patents & Other IP

Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac disease. These conditions are informed by many genetic variants and environmental factors - so...

Genetic Selection

Why Deleting Your 23andMe Data Is a Political Imperative

By Katie Sagaser, The DNA Exchange | 05.27.2025

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this piece are solely my own and do not represent those of my...

U.S. Federal

Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests

By Pepper Stetler, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.08.2025

"Donald Trump Signs The Pledge" by Michael Vadon 
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Society

Japan to Relax Ban on Chimeric Embryo Experiments

By Dennis Normile, Science | 06.19.2013
TOKYO— A scientist pioneering research toward generating human organs in pigs has cleared one hurdle in gaining approval to continue...
Stem Cells

California Bill Poised to Lift Restrictions on Egg Donation

By Charlotte Schubert, Nature | 06.18.2013
California is set to pass a bill that would allow payments over and above 'direct expenses' to be made to...
Biopolitics

Myriad Ruling Causes Confusion

By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 06.18.2013
There was a party waiting for Elizabeth Chao when she arrived for work last week at Ambry Genetics, a medical-diagnostics...
Biopolitics

Public Invasion of Genetic Privacy For UK Royal Family?

By Dr Philippa Brice, PHG Foundation | 06.17.2013
The Times newspaper has published a front-page story revealing that the Duke of Cambridge, Prince William, and his brother Prince...
Global Governance

Poking Holes in Genetic Privacy

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 06.16.2013
Not so long ago, people who provided DNA in the course of research studies were told that their privacy was...
Global Governance

Testimony by Jennifer Schneider, MD to the California Senate Health Committee re AB 926

By Jennifer Schneider, MD | 06.16.2013

My name is Jennifer Schneider. I’m an Internal Medicine physician and the mother of a Stanford student egg donor.  I...

Human Cloning

Real-Life True Blood: Synthetic Blood Is Coming — And So Are a Host of Potential Complications

By Devon Maloney, Wired | 06.14.2013
Season 6 of HBO’s vampire drama True Blood premieres on Sunday night, presumably following up on last year’s cliffhanger where...
Other Countries

Self-Confessed Liar Publishes More Dubious Stem-Cell Work

By David Cyranoski, Nature | 06.14.2013
He’s back.

Last autumn, Hisashi Moriguchi stunned the world of stem-cell science by claiming he had become the first person...
Biotech & Pharma