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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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

"Donald Trump Signs The Pledge" by Michael Vadon 
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

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Society

Fetal Genome Screening Could Prove Tragic

By Scientific American, Scientific American | 01.18.2013

In a few years you will be able to order a transcript of your entire genetic code for less than...

Genetic Selection

Interview with George Church: Can Neanderthals Be Brought Back from the Dead?

By Philip Bethge and Johann Grolle, Der Spiegel | 01.18.2013
George Church, 58, is a pioneer in synthetic biology, a field whose aim is to create synthetic DNA and organisms...
Assisted Reproduction

It's Legal For Some Insurers To Discriminate Based On Genes

By David Schultz, NPR | 01.17.2013
Getting the results of a genetic test can be a bit like opening Pandora's box. You might learn something useful...
Genomics

Genetic Privacy

By Editorial, Nature | 01.17.2013

How private is private? A study published on 17 January reveals vulnerabilities in the security of public databases that contain...

Global Governance

"Adventurous Female Human" Needed to Give Birth to Neandertal

By Genome Web, Genome Web | 01.17.2013

Many Germans are afraid of genetic engineering, according to Spiegel Online, the online offshoot of the German news magazine...

Assisted Reproduction

A Dangerous Game: Some Athletes Risk Untested Stem Cell Treatments

By Deborah Franklin, Scientific American | 01.16.2013
In 2005, at the age of 32, then Los Angeles Angel Bartolo Colón won the American League Cy Young Award...
Biotech & Pharma

IVF on Steroids: The Dangerous Off-Label Use of 'Dex' During Pregnancy

By Alice Dreger, The Atlantic | 01.16.2013
When Susan Manning, a 39-year-old woman just a few weeks into her first pregnancy, wrote to tell me she had...
Biotech & Pharma

Moore is Less

By Osagie K. Obasogie and Helen Theung, Stanford Technology Law Review | 01.15.2013

Since Moore v. Regents of the University of California, there has been a wide-ranging debate regarding the holding of the...

Patents & Other IP