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

Supreme Court Won't Hear Case of B.C. Woman Seeking Info About Sperm-Donor Dad

By The Canadian Press, The Vancouver Sun | 05.30.2013
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a woman who wanted to know the...
Bioethics

Groups File Suit Against Arizona Law that Bans Abortion Based on Race, Gender Selection

By Howard Fischer, East Valley Tribune | 05.29.2013
Calling the measure racist, a coalition of rights groups filed suit Wednesday to overturn a two-year-old law banning abortion for...
Bioethics

Quest for 'Genius Babies'?

By Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed | 05.29.2013
Jason Richwine swiftly resigned from the Heritage Foundation this month following revelations of his 2009 Harvard University dissertation on IQ...
Genomics

Why Efforts to Bring Extinct Species Back from the Dead Miss the Point

By The Editors, Scientific American | 05.27.2013
“We will get woolly mammoths back.” So vowed environmentalist Stewart Brand at the TED conference in Long Beach, Calif., in...
Bioethics

Stroke Patients See Signs of Recovery in Stem-Cell Trial

By Pallab Ghosh, BBC News | 05.27.2013
Five seriously disabled stroke patients have shown small signs of recovery following the injection of stem cells into their brain...
Stem Cells

Editorial: More Conflicts Come to Light at Stem Cell Institute

By Editorial, The Sacramento Bee | 05.25.2013

 With a new chairman, Jonathan Thomas, the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine claims it has turned a page. Thomas has...

Biopolitics

Leading Scientist Attacks University Over 'Outrageous' IVF Treatment Patent

By Robin McKie, The Guardian | 05.25.2013
A fresh international row has erupted over granting US patents to processes which many scientists believe are basic aspects of...
Bioethics

Don’t Freeze Your Eggs Quite Yet

By Miriam Zoll, Slate | 05.24.2013
In her recent Slate article, “I Should Have Frozen My Eggs,” Amy Klein, who is currently in her...
Biotech & Pharma