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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 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...
By Adam Liptak, The New York Times | 06.13.2013
WASHINGTON — Isolated human genes may not be patented, the Supreme Court ruled unanimously on Thursday. The case concerned patents...
By Joseph Goldstein, The New York Times | 06.12.2013
Slowly, and largely under the radar, a growing number of local law enforcement agencies across the country have moved into...
By Steven E. Brenner, Nature | 06.12.2013
Most people in the United States could soon know someone whose genome is held in a research database. Concerns are...
By Marcy Darnovsky and Alexandra Minna Stern, The Wall Street Journal | 06.12.2013
Four million American women are expecting a child this year, and many of them will encounter something entirely new in...
By Nanibaa’ A. Garrison, Rori V. Rohlfs, and Stephanie M. Fullerton, <i>Biopolitical Times</i> guest contributors
| 06.11.2013
A shorter version of this was published in Nature Reviews Genetics [abstract].
In July 2010, California police used...
By Tom Philpott, Mother Jones | 06.10.2013
If you're like me, the concept of synthetic biology—the application of engineering techniques to the building blocks of life—is...
By Jason Overdorf, Global Post | 06.10.2013
NEW DELHI, India — The revelation that a convicted sex offender from Israel succeeded years ago in hiring a surrogate...
By Carole Cadwalladr, The Guardian | 06.08.2013
In the almost year-long lead-up to having my whole genome sequenced, I have no fears about it. Or at least...