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

DNA Blueprint for Fetus Built Using Tests of Parents

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 06.06.2012

For the first time, researchers have determined virtually the entire genome of a fetus using only a blood sample from...

Genetic Selection

UW Researchers Map DNA of Fetus from Mom's Blood

By Sandi Doughton, The Seattle Times | 06.06.2012

Researchers at the University of Washington have assembled the first comprehensive genetic map of an unborn child — a development...

Genomics

Ancestry Testing Goes for Pinpoint Accuracy

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 06.06.2012
Condoleezza Rice, former US Secretary of State and national security adviser, ought to be a tough woman to surprise. Yet...
Bioethics

N.C. House Approves Measure Compensating Victims of Eugenics Programs

By Lynn Bonner, News Observer | 06.05.2012
The state House approved in an 86-31 vote Tuesday a measure that will compensate people sterilized by a state authority...
Bioethics

N.C. House Approves Measure Compensating Victims of Eugenics Programs

By Lynn Bonner, News Observer | 06.05.2012
The state House approved in an 86-31 vote Tuesday a measure that will compensate people sterilized by a state authority...
Bioethics

European Crisis Bolsters Illegal Sales of Body Parts

By Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times | 06.01.2012
BELGRADE — Pavle Mircov and his partner Daniella nervously scan their e-mail in-box every 15 minutes, desperate for economic salvation...
Human Rights

European Crisis Bolsters Illegal Sales of Body Parts

By Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times | 06.01.2012
BELGRADE — Pavle Mircov and his partner Daniella nervously scan their e-mail in-box every 15 minutes, desperate for economic salvation...
Human Rights

Patenting and Personal Genomics: 23andMe Receives its First Patent, and Plenty of Questions

By Dan Vorhaus, Genomics Law Report | 06.01.2012

Earlier this week 23andMe, the Silicon Valley-based personal genomics company, was awarded its first patent: US Patent Number 8,187,811, entitled...

Genomics