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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...
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...
By Alice Wexler, UCLA Center for the Study of Women | 08.06.2013
It seemed extravagant to fly to Boston from Los Angeles just to see a play, but in the end I...
By Anne Buchanan et al., The Mermaid's Tale | 08.06.2013
Seriously, why? Many people have embraced direct-to-consumer (DTC) genotyping, or whole genome sequencing, for reasons that we admit we don't...
By Gina Maranto, <i>Biopolitical Times</i> guest contributor
| 08.06.2013
The surrogacy industry in India is both booming and changing. A new 168-page report from the Centre for Social Research...
By John Horgan, Scientific American | 08.05.2013
I’ve complained in previous columns about excessive medical testing, which leads to unnecessary treatment and drives up health care costs...
By Arthur Allen, Washington Post | 08.05.2013
If you become ill with a blood cancer or other disease that requires a stem cell transplant, here’s an uncomfortable...
By Henry Fountain, The New York Times | 08.05.2013
A hamburger made from cow muscle grown in a laboratory was fried, served and eaten in London on Monday in...
By David Epstein, NPR News | 08.05.2013
We've all had the experience of watching a great athletic performance — from gymnast Mary Lou Retton defying gravity to...
By Jim Kozubek, The Boston Globe | 08.03.2013
By July, the swelter of summer was upon us. I felt locked into the crucible of Boston, so I headed...