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

Conservative Immigration Scholar: Black and Hispanic Immigrants Are Dumber Than European Immigrants

By Adam Serwer, Mother Jones | 05.08.2013
Jason Richwine, the coauthor of the conservative Heritage Foundation's controversial study on the supposed $6.3 trillion cost of comprehensive immigration...
Biopolitics

ACMG Issues Clarification Over Incidental Findings Guidance

By Dr Philippa Brice and Dr Ron Zimmern, PHG Foundation | 05.07.2013
The American College of Medical Genetics (ACMG) has released a clarification of recent guidance issued on the subject of incidental...
Bioethics

A Dream of Trees Aglow at Night

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 05.07.2013
Hoping to give new meaning to the term “natural light,” a small group of biotechnology hobbyists and entrepreneurs has started...
Biotech & Pharma

Precision StemCell: Selling Stem Cells & Treating Individuals With ALS as Human Guinea Pigs

By Leigh Turner, Health in the Global Village | 05.06.2013
When journalists and health researchers write about patients seeking access to unproven stem cell interventions, they typically examine international travel...
Other Countries

Sixty Years of a DNA World View

By Sujatha Byravan, The Hindu | 05.06.2013
Over the last week, there have been several articles celebrating the passage of 60 years since James Watson and Francis...
Biotech & Pharma

Baby Sex-Selection Tours Increasingly Popular with Australian Couples Using IVF

By Natasha Bita, News.com.au | 05.05.2013
Global Health Travel is offering baby sex-selection trips to Thailand and Malaysia.

For $12,000, couples can spend 11 days in...
Global Governance

The Real Problems With Psychiatry

By Hope Reese, The Atlantic | 05.02.2013
 On May 22, the American Psychiatric Association will release the fifth Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the...
Bioethics

Nation’s First Egg Bank Deluged With Donors

By Mizuho Aoki, The Japan Times | 05.02.2013
The first egg bank in Japan is expected to register initial donors by midmonth to help infertile young married women...
Other Countries