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

The Reunion - Dolly the Sheep

By Sue MacGregor, BBC | 09.24.2012
In this week's Reunion, Sue MacGregor gathers together creators of Dolly the cloned sheep - a revolutionary but divisive scientific...
Human Cloning

Researcher Pushes to Clone Extinct Mammoth

By The Korea Times, The Korea Times | 09.24.2012

A Korean private bioengineering laboratory led by disgraced stem cell scientist Hwang Woo-suk said Monday it is stepping up efforts...

Other Countries

Stem Cell Cash Mostly Aids Directors' Interests

By David Jensen, The Sacramento Bee | 09.23.2012
With its latest round of awards earlier this month, California's stem cell agency has now handed out $1.5 billion to...
Fact Sheets

'Single Gene May Hold Key to Life Itself'

By Nathaniel Comfort, Huffington Post | 09.23.2012
"Your IQ depends on a single gene"; "Long life is all in the genes"; "A gene that could explain why...
Media Coverage

Ich Bin ein Scrounger

By Judith Levine, Seven Days | 09.21.2012
I was in London last week, and the Brits were mad for the Paralympics. Virtually every event was sold out...
Disability Rights

An API for Genome Apps

By The Daily Scan, The Daily Scan | 09.20.2012

23andMe is opening up its application programming interface so that third-party developers can create apps that will piggyback on customers'...

Biotech & Pharma

California and the Fourth Amendment

By Editorial, The New York Times | 09.18.2012

On Wednesday, the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is scheduled to reconsider whether California violates the...

U.S. Federal

Federal Appeals Court to Hear Challenge to California DNA Collection Law

By Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News | 09.16.2012

SAN FRANCISCO -- On a March day three years ago in San Francisco's Civic Center Plaza, Elizabeth "Lily" Haskell was...

Genomics