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

California Considers DNA Privacy Law

By Helen Shen, Nature | 05.18.2012

California lawmakers are weighing a bill aimed at protecting their state's citizens from surreptitious genetic testing but scientists are voicing...

Stem Cells

Many Rare Mutations May Underpin Diseases

By Nicholas Wade, The New York Times | 05.17.2012
The task of finding the genetic roots of common disease seems much harder, dimming the promise of personal genomics and...
Biotech & Pharma

Many Rare Mutations May Underpin Diseases

By Nicholas Wade, The New York Times | 05.17.2012
The task of finding the genetic roots of common disease seems much harder, dimming the promise of personal genomics and...
Biotech & Pharma

Surrogate Mother Dies of Complications

By Times of India, Times of India | 05.17.2012

AHMEDABAD: Premila Vaghela, 30, had opted to become a surrogate mother and deliver child of a US-based couple to supplement...

Assisted Reproduction

NC Bill Supports Compensation for Eugenics Victims

By Martha Wagooner, New Observer | 05.16.2012
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Victims of North Carolina's decades-long forced sterilization program would receive $50,000 each under a bill filed Wednesday...
Racial Justice

NC Bill Supports Compensation for Eugenics Victims

By Martha Wagooner, New Observer | 05.16.2012
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Victims of North Carolina's decades-long forced sterilization program would receive $50,000 each under a bill filed Wednesday...
Racial Justice

Big Promises Backed by Bad Theory

By Eric Hoffman and Stuart Newman, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.15.2012

Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent...

Biotech & Pharma

Big Promises Backed by Bad Theory

By Eric Hoffman and Stuart Newman, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 05.15.2012

Synthetic biology is the newest purported cure-all technology for remedying our social, environmental, and public health ills. As many prominent...

Biotech & Pharma