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

Will Synthetic Biology Become a GM-Style Battleground?

By David Shukman, BBC News | 07.11.2013

Will the emerging science of designing and engineering new forms of life receive the same hostile reception as genetically modified...

Public Opinion

Mice With Human Chromosomes - The Genetic Breakthrough That Could Revolutionise Medicine

By Steve Connor, The Independent | 07.11.2013
Scientists have created genetically-engineered mice with artificial human chromosomes in every cell of their bodies, as part of a series...
Biotech & Pharma

Designer Babies are on the Horizon but Aren't Here Yet

By Editorial, New Scientist | 07.10.2013
FOR countless couples who want to have children but cannot conceive naturally, the birth of Connor Levy is excellent news...
Genetic Selection

The Gene For Hubris

By Nathaniel Comfort, Genotopia | 07.10.2013
A recent post by Jon Entine on the Forbes website leads with a complimentary citation of my book– and then...
Bioethics

Brown Ponders Sale of Women's Eggs For Research

By Alex Matthews, Capitol Weekly | 07.10.2013
It’s a complex, emotionally-loaded question: What kinds of women sell eggs to infertile couples in California?

For Carol Hogan of...
Bioethics

Science Media: Centre of Attention

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 07.10.2013
Depending on whom you ask, Fiona Fox is either saving science journalism or destroying it. But today, she is touting...
Public Opinion

2 Competitors Sued by Genetics Company for Patent Infringement

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.10.2013
Myriad Genetics is suing competitors that have begun to offer genetic testing for breast cancer risk after the Supreme Court’s...
Genomics

Trial and Error

By Editorial, Nature | 07.09.2013
The Italian government is planning to oversee a clinical trial of a controversial stem-cell therapy. There are many reasons for...
Bioethics