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

Fetal Tests Spur Legal Battle

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 06.27.2012

Genetic tests that analyze fetal DNA from a pregnant woman's blood are arriving in a rush, giving parents powerful tools...

Genomics

Fetal Tests Spur Legal Battle

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 06.27.2012

Genetic tests that analyze fetal DNA from a pregnant woman's blood are arriving in a rush, giving parents powerful tools...

Genomics

FDA Report Faults Houston Stem-Cell Company

By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle | 06.26.2012
The Sugar Land company involved in Gov. Rick Perry's unlicensed adult stem-cell procedure is rife with basic manufacturing problems...
Stem Cells

FDA Report Faults Houston Stem-Cell Company

By Todd Ackerman, Houston Chronicle | 06.26.2012
The Sugar Land company involved in Gov. Rick Perry's unlicensed adult stem-cell procedure is rife with basic manufacturing problems...
Stem Cells

Bodies with Histories

By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Boston Review | 06.25.2012

Have you heard this one? A sociologist, a lawyer, and a biologist walk into a bar, scoot their stools up...

Bioethics

Bodies with Histories

By Anne Fausto-Sterling, Boston Review | 06.25.2012

Have you heard this one? A sociologist, a lawyer, and a biologist walk into a bar, scoot their stools up...

Bioethics

Stop and Frisk -- and DNA Test?

By Jason Silverstein, Huffington Post | 06.22.2012
Taking DNA samples from people arrested, but not convicted of a crime, has the potential to make our already unfair...
Racial Justice

Stop and Frisk -- and DNA Test?

By Jason Silverstein, Huffington Post | 06.22.2012
Taking DNA samples from people arrested, but not convicted of a crime, has the potential to make our already unfair...
Racial Justice