News

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 samples as well as blood," says Schleede, a geneticist who runs Herasight Inc.'s lab in Morrisville, N.C. "We also...

Genetic Selection

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

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

Natural Election

By Jonathan Basile, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 04.29.2026

WILLIAM BATESON, a foundational figure in the science of genetics at the turn of the last century, once recounted the...

Society

Senator Leahy Urges NIH to Use March-In Rights on Myriad BRCA Test

By Donald Zuhn, Patent Docs | 07.17.2013
On Friday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) sent a letter to Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Institutes of...
Genomics

The Ethics of Three-Genetic-Parent Embryos

By Margaret Somerville, Ottawa Citizen | 07.17.2013
The United Kingdom Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority has been in the news for giving the go-ahead to creating three-genetic-parent...
Genetic Selection

Viewpoints: Risks are Many in Paying Women to Donate Eggs

By Diane Tober and Nancy Scheper-Hughes, The Sacramento Bee | 07.16.2013

As scientists in California delve more deeply into stem cell research and reproductive science, it is essential that women donating...

Stem Cells

Pitts: Gruesome Bad Old Days of Eugenics Haven't Left Us

By Leonard Pitts, The Columbian | 07.15.2013
As Christina Cordero remembers it, the doctor would not take no for an answer.

"As soon as he found out...
Human Rights

Veto Campaign Launched on California Pay-for-Eggs Bill

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.12.2013
Opponents of the California pay-for-eggs bill have kicked off a campaign to urge Gov. Jerry Brown to veto the industry-backed...
Stem Cells

You Can’t Patent Human Genes. So Why are Genetic Testing Companies Getting Sued?

By Timothy B. Lee, The Washington Post | 07.12.2013
Critics of human gene patents rejoiced last month when the nation’s highest court ruled that human genes can’t be patented...
Biopolitics

Is Your DNA in a Police Database?

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press | 07.12.2013
You can ditch your computer and leave your cellphone at home, but you can't escape your DNA.

It belongs uniquely...
Genomics

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