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

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

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Society

UK Government's Enthusiasm for GM Not Matched in Developing Nations

By John Vidal, The Guardian | 01.04.2013
Britain wants GM food to be grown commercially. After years of encouraging developing countries in Africa and elsewhere to grow...
Patents & Other IP

Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law? Yes

By Patrick Lin, The Atlantic | 01.04.2013
Science fiction, or actual U.S. military project? Half a world away from the battlefield, a soldier controls his avatar-robot that...
Human Genetic Modification

As a Girl in India, I Learned to Be Afraid of Men

By Mira Kamdar, The Atlantic | 01.04.2013
My first sense as a young girl of sexual menace came from my Indian grandfather. He never sexually threatened or...
Bioethics

Are We Entering the Age of the $1 Million Medicine?

By Ben Hirschler, Reuters | 01.03.2013
The Western world's first drug to fix faulty genes promises to transform the lives of patients with an ultra-rare disease...
Biopolitics

RNL Bio Smuggled Out Stem Cells

By Yun Suh-young, The Korea Times | 01.03.2013
Stem cell research company RNL Bio faced allegations Thursday that it “smuggled” stem cells and related equipment overseas.

According to...
Bioethics

Stem Cell Showdown: Celltex vs. the FDA

By Susan Berfield, Bloomberg Businessweek | 01.03.2013
Cecelia Johnson was an artist, cellist, tap dancer, and 22-year-old college student when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in...
Bioethics

Sperm Donor Offspring Call for Privacy Changes

By Kyoko Hasegawa, inSing | 01.03.2013
(TOKYO) Hideaki Kato discovered his true identity by accident.

During his medical training a decade ago, the now 39-year-old Japanese...
Bioethics

Desperate Patients Seek Stem-Cell 'Miracle,' but Scientists Warn of Hidden Dangers

By Marcia Heroux Pounds, Sun Sentinel | 01.03.2013
Boca Raton parents Gary and Judy Susser say the know the hope and promise of stem-cell therapy. Nine years ago...
Bioethics