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

A Crime Against Motherhood: Involuntary sterilization was a horrifying exercise in genetic engineering

By Nilmini Gunaratne Rubin, Los Angeles Times | 05.13.2012
My mom's first day of motherhood was one of the happiest of her life. It was also one of the...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

So Eager for Grandchildren, They’re Paying the Egg-Freezing Clinic

By Elissa Gootman, New York Times | 05.13.2012

At the Colorado Center for Reproductive Medicine, a popular destination for women hoping to preserve their fertility by freezing...

Assisted Reproduction

£750 for your eggs

By Neil Sears and Jenny Hope, Daily Mail | 05.11.2012

Thousands of Cambridge students have been targeted by a firm offering up to £750 to egg donors.

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

£750 for your eggs

By Neil Sears and Jenny Hope, Daily Mail | 05.11.2012

Thousands of Cambridge students have been targeted by a firm offering up to £750 to egg donors.

Leaflets were stuck...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Why Amyris Is Giving Up on Biodiesel, For Now

By Kevin Bullis, Technology Review | 05.09.2012

Amyris, a company that uses synthetic biology to make alternatives to conventional petroleum products, recently decided to wind down...

Environmentalism

Why Amyris Is Giving Up on Biodiesel, For Now

By Kevin Bullis, Technology Review | 05.09.2012

Amyris, a company that uses synthetic biology to make alternatives to conventional petroleum products, recently decided to wind down...

Environmentalism

Island's Genetic Quirk: Dark Skin, Blond Hair

By Sindyan N. Bhanoo, New York Times | 05.03.2012

In the Solomon Islands, about 10 percent of the dark-skinned indigenous people have strikingly blond hair. Some islanders theorize that...

Racial Justice

Island's Genetic Quirk: Dark Skin, Blond Hair

By Sindyan N. Bhanoo, New York Times | 05.03.2012

In the Solomon Islands, about 10 percent of the dark-skinned indigenous people have strikingly blond hair. Some islanders theorize that...

Racial Justice