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

'Designer Babies': The Ultimate Privileged Elite?

By Heather Long, Guardian | 07.09.2013
When the world looks back at how the "designer babies" trend began, they will see an innocent start. A Philadelphia...
Human Genetic Modification

A Slippery Slope to Human Germline Modification

By Marcy Darnovsky, Nature | 07.09.2013

The UK government’s recent move towards human trials of mitochondrial-replacement techniques has prompted intense interest among scientists and bioethicists, while...

Genetic Selection

Legislature Can Still Do Eugenics Compensation

By Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer | 07.08.2013

The N.C. legislature is still attracting attention for all the wrong reasons – last week, it was stealth Senate approval...

Eugenics

First Baby Born After Full Genetic Screening of Embryos

By Linda Geddes, New Scientist | 07.08.2013
Connor, a healthy baby boy, has made history. He is the first child to be born after his parents had...
Genetic Selection

Let's be Clear About Science Education and Engagement

By Melanie Smallman and Simon Lock, The Guardian | 07.08.2013
In last week's blog piece "The public don't want to be involved in science policy" Hannah Baker used...
Biotech & Pharma

Female Inmates Sterilized in California Prisons Without Approval

By Corey G. Johnson, Center for Investigative Reporting | 07.07.2013
Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010...
Human Rights

Eggs and Cash: Stem Cell Agency Considering Easing Restrictions on Stem Cell Lines Derived Using Payments

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report | 07.07.2013
The California stem cell agency is moving to remove an absolute ban on use of stem cell lines derived from...
Bioethics

Guilty Knowledge

By Fiona MacDonald, The Sydney Morning Herald | 07.06.2013
If things had gone a bit differently, neurocriminologist Adrian Raine could easily have been a murderer, or a rapist –...
Civil Society