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...

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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

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

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

Bill Banning ‘Sex-Selective Abortions’ Fails in the House

By Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post | 05.31.2012
A measure to ban abortions based on the sex of a child failed Thursday to earn enough support in the...
U.S. States

Personal-Genetics Company Patent Raises Hackles

By Monya Baker, Nature News Blog | 05.31.2012

The consumer-genetics testing company 23andMe, based in Mountain View, California, announced its first patent this week, and some of its...
Patents & Other IP

Son Preference and Sex Selection in America: Why It Persists and How We Can Change It

By Sujatha Jesudason and Anat Shenker-Osorio, RH Reality Check | 05.31.2012

Son preference, missing girls, sex selection: We may seek to label these Chinese or Indian issues, but they exist here...

Assisted Reproduction

Bill Banning ‘Sex-Selective Abortions’ Fails in the House

By Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post | 05.31.2012
A measure to ban abortions based on the sex of a child failed Thursday to earn enough support in the...
U.S. States

Personal-Genetics Company Patent Raises Hackles

By Monya Baker, Nature News Blog | 05.31.2012

The consumer-genetics testing company 23andMe, based in Mountain View, California, announced its first patent this week, and some of its...
Patents & Other IP

Son Preference and Sex Selection in America: Why It Persists and How We Can Change It

By Sujatha Jesudason and Anat Shenker-Osorio, RH Reality Check | 05.31.2012

Son preference, missing girls, sex selection: We may seek to label these Chinese or Indian issues, but they exist here...

Assisted Reproduction