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

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Society

The True Immoral Acts Behind The First "Test Tube Baby"

By Peter Ubel, Forbes | 01.28.2013

The first test tube baby was born July 25th, 1978 in the north of England. Louise Brown was called the...

Biotech & Pharma

Biotech Firms, Billions at Risk, Lobby States to Limit Generics

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 01.28.2013

In statehouses around the country, some of the nation’s biggest biotechnology companies are lobbying intensively to limit generic competition to...

U.S. States

Transparency is the Victim

By The Hindu, The Hindu | 01.27.2013

Expansion and proliferation of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) has been facilitated by economic globalisation wherein reproductive tissues like sperm, ova...

Assisted Reproduction