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

Calls for Increased Compensation for Egg Donors

By PS, The Copenhagen Post | 12.03.2012
Fertility clinics are demanding that the government change the law and allow greater compensation for egg donations, according to Berlingske...
Other Countries

The Value of Your Genome

By James P. Evans and Jonathan S. Berg, The Scientist | 12.01.2012
Whole genome sequencing is unlikely to become a routine part of medicine anytime soon.

In this era of plummeting DNA...
Biotech & Pharma

The Jury is Out on Nationwide DNA Database

By Peter Stanners, The Copenhagen Post | 12.01.2012
A serial rapist on the island of Funen has so far attacked two girls. DNA samples from the attacks confirm...
Bioethics

U.S. Fertility Care: Ignoring Minorities?

By Jim Hawkins, The Huffington Post | 12.01.2012
People who study the fertility business have been concerned for years over the fact that racial minorities utilize fertility treatments...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide if Human Genes Patentable

By Jonathan Stempel, Reuters | 11.30.2012
Nov 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday agreed to decide whether human genes can be patented, a...
Bioethics

Surgery that Puts Menopause on Hold

By Julia Medew, The Sydney Morning Herald | 11.30.2012
OVARIAN tissue transplants could be used like egg-freezing to preserve a woman's fertility into her 40s and 50s but IVF...
Other Countries

Professors Critique Stem Cell Medical Tourism

By Steven S. Lee, The Harvard Crimson | 11.29.2012
A panel at the Harvard Law School Wednesday discussed the ethical debate over the use of embryonic stem cells in...
Bioethics

Of Monsters and Men

By George Estreich, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 11.29.2012

To be interested in questions of human enhancement, while also being a sucker for Hollywood blockbusters about superheroes, makes for...

Technologies