News

Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.07.2026

During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

U.S. Federal

The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

U.S. States

These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

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...

Genetic Selection

The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

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...

U.S. Federal

"Me medicine" could undermine public health measures

By Donna Dickenson, New Scientist | 09.16.2013
ADVOCATES of personalised medicine claim that healthcare isn't individualised enough.

Backed up by the glamour of new biotechnologies such as...
Biopolitics

UC Davis Stem Cell Researcher Warns Consumers to Beware of Unproven or Dangerous Stem Cell Treatments

By David Jensen, The Sacramento Bee | 09.15.2013
In his day job, UC Davis scientist Paul Knoepfler probes the inner workings of stem cells and cancer cells and...
Biotech & Pharma

DNA and Newborn Screening

By Craig Klugman, Bioethics | 09.15.2013
The National Institutes of Health wants to know the DNA of our babies.  The government is not looking to diagnose...
Biotech & Pharma

Ethical Minefield of Parents in Control

By Neil McMahon, The Sydney Morning Herald | 09.14.2013
You are going to be a parent. Modern science is your guide, IVF your chosen method, the aim being multiple...
Human Genetic Modification

After Disasters, DNA Science Is Helpful, But Often Too Pricey

By Christopher Joyce, NPR | 09.13.2013
Human DNA is the ultimate fingerprint. A single hair can contain enough information to determine someone's identity — a feature...
Civil Society

No Point in Testing Controversial Stem Cell Treatment, Italian Panel Says

By Laura Margottini, Science | 09.12.2013
ROME—An expert panel that the Italian government asked to come up with a trial design for a controversial Italian stem...
Biopolitics

Consortium Receives $8M to Investigate Molecular Roots of Extreme Aggression

By GenomeWeb, GenomeWeb | 09.12.2013

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The European Union has approved a project aimed at determining the causes of extreme aggressive...

Bioethics

Designer Babies

By Stephanie Robinson, Blog Talk Radio | 09.12.2013

This week on Roundtable with Stephanie Robinson, Stephanie takes on science, the field of genetics and the current dilemma regarding...

Bioethics