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

Angelina Jolie and the Fate of Breast Cancer Genes

By Alexandra Le Tellier, Los Angeles Times | 05.14.2013
Angelina Jolie’s Op-Ed in the New York Times about getting a double mastectomy after learning that she was at risk...
Biotech & Pharma

Modesto Woman Gets 5 Years in Prison for Surrogacy Scam

By Carlos Saucedo, ABC Local | 05.13.2013
FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The owner of a Modesto surrogate agency accused of a $2 million fraud scheme was sentenced...
Bioethics

EEOC Files and Settles Its First GINA-based Employment Discrimination Lawsuit

By Jennifer K. Wagner, Genomics Law Report | 05.13.2013
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) issued a statement that it had filed a lawsuit against Fabricut, Inc. on May...
Bioethics

The Dark Art of Racecraft

By Ta-Nehisi Coates, The Atlantic | 05.13.2013
Dave Weigel is one of my favorite reporters, but I think this piece on Jason Richwine, intelligence research, and "race"...
Civil Society

The DNA in Your Garbage: Up For Grabs

By Kevin Hartnett, The Boston Globe | 05.12.2013
Imagine you stop by a Starbucks one morning, and the shop is robbed only minutes after you leave. Witnesses say...
Genomics

Dad Aims to Change Views of Down Syndrome in New Book

By Jessica Ryen Doyle, Fox News | 05.11.2013
For George Estreich, the decision to write a book about his daughter, Laura, and her diagnosis of Down syndrome came...
Public Opinion

Crisis-Burdened Spain and Cyprus are Hot Spots for Women to Sell Their Eggs

By Lauren Alix Brown, Quartz | 05.10.2013
Egg donations thrive off the young and desperate. For years, US college campuses have been plastered with signs imploring young...
Other Countries

On Vampires and Chromosomes

By George Estreich, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 05.09.2013
If our entertainments reveal what’s on our collective minds, then we seem to be thinking quite a bit about human...
Technologies