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By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026
Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
"These are saliva...
By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026
"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...
By David Dobbs, Slate | 10.27.2013
If you want a look at a high-profile field dealing with a lot of humbling snags, peer into #ASHG2013...
By Ed Yong, The Scientist | 10.25.2013
In September 2012, a team of Australian scientists claimed to have developed a genetic test that predicts a person’s risk...
By Daniel Martin, The Daily Mail | 10.24.2013
The Chief Medical Officer is to write to all GPs to make it plain that abortions carried out solely on...
By Art Caplan, NBC News | 10.24.2013
If the price was right, would you sell your kidney to someone who desperately needs a transplant? A new article...
By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 10.24.2013
For scientist Jack Newman, creating a new life-form has become as simple as this: He types out a DNA sequence...
By Press Association, Press Association | 10.24.2013
More than 1.7 million DNA profiles of innocent adults and children have been deleted from the national database, ministers have...
By Evan Charney, Logos | 10.24.2013
Sheldon Krimsky and Jeremy Gruber, eds. Genetic Explanations: Sense and Nonsense (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2013)
This timely and important...
By Laurie Garrett, Foreign Affairs | 10.24.2013
In May 2010, the richest, most powerful man in biotechnology made a new creature. J. Craig Venter and his private-company...