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

California DNA Law is Broader Than Program Upheld by Supreme Court

By Maura Dolan, The Los Angeles Times | 06.03.2013
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court's decision upholding the right of authorities to take DNA from people when they...
Genomics

Justices Allow DNA Collection After an Arrest

By Adam Liptak, The New York Times | 06.03.2013
WASHINGTON — The police may take DNA samples from people arrested in connection with serious crimes, the Supreme Court ruled...
Genomics

Should We Bring Back the Passenger Pigeon and the Woolly Mammoth?

By Elizabeth Weise, USA Today | 06.02.2013
Spanish scientists were able to clone an extinct Pyrenean ibex in 2009 using preserved skin cells, though the kid died...
Bioethics

What Clinical Geneticists Think About DTC Genetic Testing

By Dr Philippa Brice, PHG Foundation | 05.31.2013
A new survey of over 100 European clinical geneticists reveals general opposition to the way in which direct to consumer...
Bioethics

Motherhood Deferred: Freezing Your Eggs

By Judy Campbell, KQED Forum | 05.31.2013
Journalist Sarah Elizabeth Richards thought she could step away from the panic of her ticking biological clock and postpone motherhood...
Biotech & Pharma

Supreme Court Won't Hear Case of B.C. Woman Seeking Info About Sperm-Donor Dad

By The Canadian Press, The Vancouver Sun | 05.30.2013
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from a woman who wanted to know the...
Bioethics

Groups File Suit Against Arizona Law that Bans Abortion Based on Race, Gender Selection

By Howard Fischer, East Valley Tribune | 05.29.2013
Calling the measure racist, a coalition of rights groups filed suit Wednesday to overturn a two-year-old law banning abortion for...
Bioethics

Quest for 'Genius Babies'?

By Colleen Flaherty, Inside Higher Ed | 05.29.2013
Jason Richwine swiftly resigned from the Heritage Foundation this month following revelations of his 2009 Harvard University dissertation on IQ...
Genomics