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

British Couples Flying to US For Banned Baby Sex Selection

By Stephen Adams, Telegraph [UK] | 08.28.2012
They are spending up to £30,000 a time on trips to New York, to guarantee a boy or a girl...
Genetic Selection

European Rights Court Raps Italy on Embryo Screening

By Gilbert Reilhac, Reuters | 08.28.2012
(Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Italy violated the rights of a couple carrying...
Other Countries

Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can’t Utter

By Gina Kolata, New York Times | 08.25.2012
Dr. Arul Chinnaiyan stared at a printout of gene sequences from a man with cancer, a subject in one...
Genomics

Forensic Test Can Predict Hair and Eye Colour From DNA

By Paul Rincon, BBC News | 08.24.2012
Scientists have developed a forensic test that can predict both the hair and eye colour of a possible suspect using...
Human Rights

A Legal Win for Stem Cell Research, but Case May Not Be Over

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 08.24.2012

A U.S. appeals court today upheld the legality of federally funded research on human embryonic stem cells (hESCs)—the latest in...

Bioethics

Undetectable Stem Cell Treatment Could be the Wave of the Performance-Enhancement Future

By Eric Adelson, Yahoo News | 08.24.2012
It was a good week for the drug police. Lance Armstrong dropped his fight against the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, and...
Bioethics

Stem Cells: A Culture War Gone Quiet

By Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon | 08.23.2012
While a draft plank in the Republican Party’s platform supporting a constitutional amendment banning abortion has gotten plenty of attention...
Biopolitics

Who's Your Daddy? DNA Clinic Gives Answers, Sparks Concerns

By Lily Kuo, Reuters | 08.22.2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) - A mobile DNA testing facility that looks more like a motor home than a medical clinic...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights