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'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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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...

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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 
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Society

GM Crops Evil, GM Children OK?

By Chris Bennett, Western Farm Press | 03.27.2013
China is surging ahead with a research project aimed at identifying millions of genetic variations in order to boost intelligence...
Human Genetic Modification

HeLa Publication Brews Bioethical Storm

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 03.27.2013
When Lars Steinmetz and his team published the genome of the world’s most famous human cell line earlier this month...
Biotech & Pharma

Scientists Unravel Genetic Causes of Prostate, Breast and Ovarian Cancer

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 03.27.2013
A national screening programme for prostate cancer could be introduced by the NHS following an international effort by more than...
Civil Society

Stem-Cell Ruling Riles Researchers

By Alison Abbott, Nature | 03.26.2013
Clinics that offer unproven stem-cell treatments often end up playing cat and mouse with health regulators, no matter which country...
Bioethics

You Don't "Own" Your Own Genes

By Press Release, Weill Cornell Medical College | 03.25.2013

NEW YORK (March 25, 2013) — Humans don't "own" their own genes, the cellular chemicals that define who they are...

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Brain Scans Predict Which Criminals are More Likely to Reoffend

By Regina Nuzzo, Nature | 03.25.2013
In a twist that evokes the dystopian science fiction of writer Philip K. Dick, neuroscientists have found a way to...
Biotech & Pharma

Beyond Tokenistic Inclusion: Science, Citizenship, and Changing the Questions

By Ruha Benjamin, Huffington Post | 03.25.2013
The old photograph struck me immediately. The caption read: "Ella Tyree, 29, inject[ing] atomic materials into animals to determine effects...
Biotech & Pharma

Sperm Donor with Genetic Illness Speaks Out

By PS, The Copenhagen Post | 03.25.2013
A former sperm donor may have passed on a heritable and treatable cancer-causing illness to half of the children created...
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