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

Law Lags as Aussies Employ Overseas Surrogate Mums

By Damien Carrick, ABC (Australia) RadioNational | 10.23.2012
Transcript:

Damien Carrick: Recently, the Family Court handed down its determination in the Ellison case. It’s the first time the...
Other Countries

Reproductive Tourism: Paying Women in Poor Countries to Bear Our Babies is Rife with Ethical Problems

By HealthCanal, HealthCanal.com | 10.23.2012

By some accounts, the Indian ART industry is worth $500 million to $2.3 billion.

In their upcoming paper, “Ethical...

U.S. Federal

Test Your DNA for Diseases — No Doctor Required

By Bonnie Rochman, Time | 10.23.2012
When Anne Wojcicki’s son was a baby, she ran a swab across the inside of his cheek, collecting DNA to...
Bioethics

Poland to Start Funding IVF Fertility Treatment

By Agata Nalecz, Reuters | 10.22.2012

WARSAW (Reuters) - Poland's Prime Minster Donald Tusk announced plans on Monday to finance in-vitro fertilization treatment for couples, setting...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Egg Freezing Changing Fertility Treatments

By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN | 10.22.2012
Other women's eggs have not been kind to Debbie Vernon.

When fertility doctors determined Vernon's own eggs were kaput, they...
Biotech & Pharma

Will My Son Develop Cancer? The Promise (and Pitfalls) of Sequencing Children’s Genomes

By Bonnie Rochman, Time | 10.22.2012
Can you imagine wanting to know whether your newborn baby will fall victim to Alzheimer’s disease decades down the road...
Biotech & Pharma

What Does It Mean When Athletes Get 'Stem Cell Therapy'?

By Timothy Caulfield, The Atlantic | 10.22.2012
One could argue that stem cell research is currently the most promising area of biomedical research. It is no surprise...
Stem Cells

Patents for Genetically Engineered Chimps 'Perverse'

By Daniel Mason, Public Service Europe | 10.22.2012
The recent granting of three patents for genetically engineered chimpanzees to be used for pharmaceutical research has been branded as...
Bioethics