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

Ruling Frees FDA to Crack Down on Stem Cell Clinics

By Peter Aldhous, NewScientist.com | 07.25.2012
It's official: stem cells are drugs. At least, that's the opinion of the US district court in Washington DC, which...
Bioethics

Happy Birthday, IVF: 'Inconceivable' Mom Looks Back at First 'Test Tube Baby'

By Carolyn Savage, MSNBC | 07.25.2012
Carolyn Savage knows more than most about the moral and ethical quandaries of in-vitro fertilization. An IVF clinic mistake left...
Assisted Reproduction

Rolling the Dice of a Genetic Legacy

By Ellen Painter Dollar, The New York Times | 07.20.2012

“Don’t worry. She won’t break.”

This is a classic cliché of new parenthood. “Don’t worry,” nurses say to insecure new...
Disability Rights

European Agency Backs Approval of a Gene Therapy

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 07.20.2012

After more than two decades of dashed expectations, the field of gene therapy appears close to reaching a milestone: a...
Human Genetic Modification

Supreme Court Stays DNA Ruling

By Matt Zapotosky, The Washington Post | 07.18.2012

The U.S. Supreme Court has put on hold — at least for a week — a ruling by Maryland’s highest...

Genomics

Doctors Illegally Removed Wombs From Poor Women in Chhattisgarh - Minister

By Sujeet Kumar, Reuters | 07.18.2012
(Reuters) - Doctors in Chhattisgarh performed hysterectomies on poor village women without a valid medical reason in order to claim...
Bioethics

India Suspends Doctors Over Banned Fetal 'Sex Tests'

By Daily News, Daily News | 07.17.2012

Twelve Indian doctors have been suspended for allegedly conducting prenatal sex tests, a practice banned to stop the abortion of...

Assisted Reproduction

More Couples Seek to Select Child Gender / 90 Couples Went to Thailand for Diagnosis in '12

By The Yomiuri Shimbun, The Daily Yomiuri | 07.17.2012
At least 90 Japanese couples have traveled to Thailand to receive preimplantation diagnosis for sex selection purposes this year, a...
Genetic Selection