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

IVF Linked to More Birth Defects

By Alexandra Sifferlin, Time | 10.22.2012
In vitro fertilization (IVF) is responsible for creating thousands of happy families, but the latest research highlights some of the...
Biotech & Pharma

Commercial Surrogacy Grows in India

By Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco Chronicle | 10.20.2012

They never wanted to have a child, until they did. And then they couldn't.

For four years, this San Carlos...

Other Countries

Clinic Raffles Could Make You a Winner, and Maybe a Mother

By Douglas Quenqua, New York Times | 10.20.2012

“That’s right, one lucky woman will win the ultimate chance at starting or building her family,” said a contest announcement...

Assisted Reproduction

Surrogacy, Now Big Business in Southern California

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 10.20.2012

Conceptual Options is a surrogacy agency in “the surrogacy friendly state of California”. This is a promotional video it is...

LGBTQI

Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure

By Margaret Warner, PBS Newshour | 10.19.2012

Watch Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro No Longer Experimental on PBS. See more from PBS NewsHour.

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Assisted Reproduction

Freezing Eggs To Make Babies Later Moves Toward Mainstream

By Rob Stein, NPR Morning Edition | 10.19.2012
Doctors who specialize in treating infertility are making a big change in their position on a controversial practice. The American...
Bioethics

Genome Hunters Go After Martian DNA

By Antonio Regalado, Technology Review | 10.18.2012
Two high-profile entrepreneurs say they want to put a DNA sequencing machine on the surface of Mars in a bid...
Genomics

Should We Screen Kids’ Brains and Genes To ID Future Criminals?

By Gary Marchant, Slate | 10.17.2012
This article arises from Future Tense, a partnership of Slate, the New America Foundation, and Arizona State University that...
Bioethics