News

Developments in gene-editing technology raise new ethical questions

By [cites CGS' Katie Hasson], KCBS Radio | 11.19.2025

This is Ask An Expert, where every weekday at 9:20am, KCBS Radio is giving you direct access to top experts in various fields. Today: Gene-editing technology allows scientists to work with DNA in unprecedented ways, but there are larger scientific...

U.S. Federal

Genetically Engineered Babies Are Banned. Tech Titans Are Trying to Make One Anyway.

By Emily Glazer, Katherine Long, Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal | 11.08.2025

For months, a small company in San Francisco has been pursuing a secretive project: the birth of a genetically engineered baby.

Backed by OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman and his husband, along with Coinbase co-founder and CEO Brian Armstrong, the startup—called...

Genetic Selection

Who Gets to Procreate and Parent? A Black Feminist Critique of the Pronatalist Agenda

By Jallicia A. Jolly, Sydney Curtis and Nicole Sessions, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2025

Pronatalism is an old idea with roots in eugenics and nationalism, that is now fashionable among far-right influencers and policymakers. They talk...

U.S. Federal

Does One Size Fit All?

By Jay S. Kaufman, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.27.2025

This is the 10th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

Society

RNL Bio’s CEO, Dr. Jeong Chan Ra, is Arrested and Charged with Insider Trading

By Leigh Turner, Health in the Global Village | 07.12.2013
According to Hani, a South Korean newspaper, RNL Bio’s CEO, Dr. Jeong Chan Ra (also known as Ra Jeong-Chan)...
Bioethics

Will Synthetic Biology Become a GM-Style Battleground?

By David Shukman, BBC News | 07.11.2013

Will the emerging science of designing and engineering new forms of life receive the same hostile reception as genetically modified...

Public Opinion

Mice With Human Chromosomes - The Genetic Breakthrough That Could Revolutionise Medicine

By Steve Connor, The Independent | 07.11.2013
Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series...
Biotech & Pharma

Designer Babies are on the Horizon but Aren't Here Yet

By Editorial, New Scientist | 07.10.2013
FOR countless couples who want to have children but cannot conceive naturally, the birth of Connor Levy is excellent news...
Genetic Selection

The Gene For Hubris

By Nathaniel Comfort, Genotopia | 07.10.2013
A recent post by Jon Entine on the Forbes website leads with a complimentary citation of my book– and then...
Bioethics

Brown Ponders Sale of Women's Eggs For Research

By Alex Matthews, Capitol Weekly | 07.10.2013
It’s a complex, emotionally-loaded question: What kinds of women sell eggs to infertile couples in California?

For Carol Hogan of...
Bioethics

Science Media: Centre of Attention

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 07.10.2013
Depending on whom you ask, Fiona Fox is either saving science journalism or destroying it. But today, she is touting...
Public Opinion

2 Competitors Sued by Genetics Company for Patent Infringement

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.10.2013
Myriad Genetics is suing competitors that have begun to offer genetic testing for breast cancer risk after the Supreme Court’s...
Genomics