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

Govt Proposes to Bring Bill to Regulate Surrogacy: Azad

By The Hindu, The Hindu | 03.19.2013

The government on Tuesday said it proposes to bring a Bill to monitor the services of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART)...

Assisted Reproduction

A Stealthy De-Extinction Startup

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 03.19.2013
Two of biotechnology’s most prolific and far-sighted researchers say they’re teaming up to start a company that intends to rewrite...
Human Cloning

Pregnancy After 50: Using Egg, Embryo Donations to Extend a Woman’s Reproductive Life

By Sharon Kirkey, Calgary Herald | 03.17.2013
Healthy postmenopausal women shouldn’t be discouraged from pursuing pregnancy using donor eggs or embryos, one of the world’s largest organizations...
Bioethics

Most Popular Human Cell in Science Gets Sequenced

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 03.15.2013

The research world’s most famous human cell has had its genome decoded, and it’s a mess. German researchers this week...

Genomics

The Narcissism of De-Extinction

By Hannah Waters, Scientific American | 03.15.2013
The TedxDeExtinction conference, discussing how and whether to resurrect extinct species from DNA, is happening right now, today, on the...
Human Cloning

Eugenics Fear Over Gene Modification

By David King et al., The Guardian | 03.15.2013

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is considering whether to recommend legalisation of "mitochondrial replacement" techniques designed to avoid the...

Genetic Selection

‘Business has Boomed’: Canadian Surrogacy Agent Facing 27 Charges Continues her Controversial Work

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 03.13.2013

A surrogacy agent facing 27 charges under a precedent-setting RCMP prosecution continues to forge ahead with her controversial work, offering...

Other Countries

DNA Tool Kit Goes Live Online

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 03.12.2013
The latest shopping website is open for business, offering unusual wares: DNA tools to help biologists to engineer life.

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Biotech & Pharma