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

UK Building DNA Database in the NHS 'By Stealth'

By Helen Wallace, Public Service Europe | 05.23.2013
The plan, which is backed by British Prime Minister David Cameron, involves sequencing the DNA of everyone in England and...
Bioethics

UK Building DNA Database in the NHS 'By Stealth'

By Helen Wallace, Public Service Europe | 05.23.2013
The plan, which is backed by British Prime Minister David Cameron, involves sequencing the DNA of everyone in England and...
Bioethics

Race Is Not Biology

By Merlin Chowkwanyun, The Atlantic | 05.23.2013

During the past two weeks, much outrage has arisen over former Heritage Foundation staffer Jason Richwine's Harvard doctoral dissertation, which...

Bioethics

Stem-Cell Cloner Acknowledges Errors in Groundbreaking Paper

By David Cyranoski & Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 05.23.2013
A blockbuster paper that reported the creation of human stem-cell lines through cloning has come under fire. An anonymous online...
Stem Cells

Pregnant at 60

By Miriam Zoll, The Atlantic | 05.22.2013
In her best selling novel, State of Wonder, author Ann Patchett draws us into the science-fiction world of an...
Assisted Reproduction

Grant Reviewer Conflict in $40 Million Round at California Stem Cell Agency

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 05.21.2013
Internationally renown scientist Lee Hood, winner of a National Medal of Science, violated the conflict of interest policies of...
Biopolitics

An invitation to meet George Estreich at the Center for Genetics and Society on Monday, June 3

By Flagged | 05.21.2013

Please join us at the CGS office on Monday June 3 at 4:30 pm for a conversation with award-winning author...

Technologies

America: Human and Animal Cloning, ESCs

By Gallup, Gallup | 05.20.2013

Regardless of whether or not you think it should be legal, please tell me if you personally believe that in...

Society