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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 Eliot Marshall, Science | 04.17.2013
The question has been debated for years but not addressed directly by the U.S. Supreme Court—until this week. It came...
By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 04.16.2013
Australian scientists made headlines last month when they revealed that they were close to cloning a frog, Rheobatrachus silus...
By Press Release, SynBioWatch | 04.15.2013
SynBioWatch Press Release:
For Immediate Release
April 15, 2013
Contact: Lisa Archer, Gopal Dayaneni, or Tina Stevens, , (510) 982-1285...
By David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times | 04.15.2013
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court justices said Monday they were highly skeptical of the idea that a company or a...
By Sheila Jasanoff, The Guardian | 04.15.2013
Institutions that play a watchdog role in society offer a persistent challenge for democracy: who shall watch the watchers? We...
By Lynn M. Morgan and Janelle S. Taylor, The Feminist Wire | 04.14.2013
Marcia Inhorn’s recent CNN commentary, “Women, consider freezing your eggs” is certainly right about one thing: “Trying to balance...
By John Farrell, Forbes | 04.12.2013
Robert G. Edwards, who won a Nobel Prize in 2010 for co-developing in-vitro fertilization, has died this week. He...
By Jim Thomas, The Guardian [UK] | 04.12.2013
In the constant fight between microbes and people, attempts to rein in the malarial parasite have just taken an interesting...