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

High Doses of Hormones Faulted in Fertility Care

By Jacqueline Mroz, The New York Times | 07.16.2012
Two days after Debra Demidon underwent in vitro fertilization, she gained more than 30 pounds in fluid and suddenly was...
U.S. States

Sperm Donor Records Disposed of in Japan

By United Press International, United Press International | 07.14.2012

TOKYO, July 14 (UPI) -- A survey of Japanese fertility clinics found about 30 percent of information on sperm donors...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Euroscience Open Forum 2012: DNA Gene Testing 'Will Screen Out Lovers'

By Telegraph Reporters, The Telegraph | 07.13.2012

Due to the falling cost of DNA testing Britain is on the cusp of a new era of eugenics, according...

Genomics

Bill Aims to Weed Out Rent-a-Womb Clinics

By Kounteya Sinha, The Times of India | 07.13.2012

NEW DELHI: India is all set to weed out and check the ever mushrooming clinics involved in renting a womb...

Other Countries

Is Your Fertility Doctor Taking Kickbacks?

By Cassie Murdoch, Slate | 07.13.2012
People take out loans to buy a car or a house or to send a child (or themselves) to college...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Conflict Potential Seen in Genetic Counselors

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 07.13.2012
Genetic testing raises some vexing ethical questions, like whether it will cause unnecessary anxiety or lead to more medical procedures...
Genomics

17-Yr-Old Egg Donor Dead, HC Questions Fertility Centre’s Role

By Mayura Janwalkar, The Indian Express | 07.12.2012
Not much is known about Sushma Pandey’s death, except that she was 17 years old, died suddenly and had visited...
Other Countries

At a Sperm Bank in Bihar, Caste Divisions Start Before Birth

By Amarnath Tewary, The New York Times | 07.12.2012
India’s caste system, in which people are born into a certain group, is now asserting itself even before birth as...
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