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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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

Gene Test Results to Be Passed on Without Consent

By Anna Patty, Sydney Morning Herald | 05.30.2012
People tested for predisposition to a genetic disease will no longer have a say in whether their results are given...
Genomics

Gene Test Results to Be Passed on Without Consent

By Anna Patty, Sydney Morning Herald | 05.30.2012
People tested for predisposition to a genetic disease will no longer have a say in whether their results are given...
Genomics

Seoul National University Professor Suspected of Stem Cell Study Fabrication

By Yi Whan-woo, The Korea Times | 05.29.2012
A stem cell researcher at Seoul National University (SNU) is suspected of fabricating 14 studies submitted to international scientific journals...
Stem Cells

Seoul National University Professor Suspected of Stem Cell Study Fabrication

By Yi Whan-woo, The Korea Times | 05.29.2012
A stem cell researcher at Seoul National University (SNU) is suspected of fabricating 14 studies submitted to international scientific journals...
Stem Cells

Revealed: How More and More Britons are Paying Indian Women to Become Surrogate Mothers

By Shekhar Bhatia, The Telegraph (UK) | 05.26.2012
There are now up to 1,000 clinics, all entirely unregulated, in the country, many specialising in helping Britons become parents...
Other Countries

Revealed: How More and More Britons are Paying Indian Women to Become Surrogate Mothers

By Shekhar Bhatia, The Telegraph (UK) | 05.26.2012
There are now up to 1,000 clinics, all entirely unregulated, in the country, many specialising in helping Britons become parents...
Other Countries

German Doctors Apologize for Holocaust Horrors

By Art Caplan, MSNBC | 05.24.2012
The German Medical Association has issued a remarkably blunt and straightforward apology, more than six decades after the end of...
Eugenics

German Doctors Apologize for Holocaust Horrors

By Art Caplan, MSNBC | 05.24.2012
The German Medical Association has issued a remarkably blunt and straightforward apology, more than six decades after the end of...
Eugenics