News

Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.07.2026

During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

U.S. Federal

The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

U.S. States

These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

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...

Genetic Selection

The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

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...

U.S. Federal

Yes, Virginia, Your Reproductive Rights Are Compromised

By Alex Stern, Huffington Post | 02.12.2013
Like many states where political battles about reproductive rights are front and center, Virginia is a hotbed of legislative activity...
Other Countries

Too Much Information

By Brandon L. Garrett and Erin Murphy, Slate | 02.12.2013
In April 2009, police easily arrested Alonzo J. King, Jr. in Wicomico County, Md. After King pointed a shotgun at...
Genomics

Mice Fall Short as Test Subjects for Humans’ Deadly Ills

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 02.11.2013
For decades, mice have been the species of choice in the study of human diseases. But now, researchers report evidence...
Biotech & Pharma

Gene Thought to be Linked to Alzheimer's is Marker for Only Mild Impairment

By Susan Kelley, Cornell Chronicle | 02.11.2013

Defying the widely held belief that a specific gene is the biggest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, two Cornell developmental...

Genomics

Latest Figures on Fertility Treatment, Birth Rate and Multiple Births are Released

By Matt Thomas, BioNews | 02.11.2013
Figures released by the UK's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) reveal the number of IVF cycles performed each year...
Biotech & Pharma

Inside China’s Genome Factory

By Christina Larson, MIT Technology Review | 02.11.2013
When he was 17 years old, Zhao Bowen dropped out of Beijing’s most prestigious high school. Like many restless young...
Other Countries

Horror in a Mass Sterilization Camp: Unconscious Indian Women Were Dumped in a Field After Undergoing a Painful Sterilization Operation

By Carol Kuruvilla, New York Daily News | 02.07.2013
Hospital staff at a mass sterilization camp in West Bengal dumped more than 100 women in a field to recover...
Bioethics

Did Sperm and Egg Donors Unwittingly Contribute to NIH-Approved Stem Cells?

By Jocelyn Kaiser, ScienceInsider | 02.07.2013
A review of the 200 or so human embryonic stem cell (hESC) lines approved by the National Institutes of Health...
Assisted Reproduction