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By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026
Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.
"These are saliva...
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 David Cyranoski, Nature | 02.27.2013
In the seven years since their discovery, induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells have transformed basic research and won a Nobel...
By Adam Liptak, The New York Times | 02.26.2013
WASHINGTON — About halfway through a Supreme Court argument on Tuesday over whether the police may take DNA samples from...
By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Boston Globe | 02.26.2013
Late last year, the nation’s highest court said it would consider a legal challenge to patents that biotechnology company Myriad...
By John Markoff, The New York Times | 02.25.2013
In setting the nation on a course to map the active human brain, President Obama may have picked a challenge...
By Richard Hayes, U .C. Berkeley College of Natural Resources/Energy and Resources Group | 02.25.2013
This short note introduces the third topic I want to address during my time at ERG this year. It follows...
By Mark Thomas, The Guardian | 02.25.2013
You may have missed the latest genetic discovery. As reported by The Daily Telegraph on Friday: "One million British...
By Daniel J. Kevles, The New York Review of Books | 02.25.2013
[For original article with footnotes, see here]
Can genes be patented? This spring, the Supreme Court will hear a...
By Editorial, The New York Times | 02.24.2013
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear argument about whether it is constitutional for a state to collect...