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

Ethicist: We Need Safer Drugs for Our Kids

By Harriet A. Washington, CNN | 05.03.2012

Editor's note: Harriet A. Washington is a medical ethicist, a former research fellow at Harvard Medical School and the...

Bioethics

Asian Women Command Premium Prices for Egg Donation in U.S.

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times | 05.03.2012

It's technically called an egg "donation." But if you're a young Asian woman, donating your eggs to an infertile couple...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Ethicist: We Need Safer Drugs for Our Kids

By Harriet A. Washington, CNN | 05.03.2012

Editor's note: Harriet A. Washington is a medical ethicist, a former research fellow at Harvard Medical School and the...

Bioethics

Asian Women Command Premium Prices for Egg Donation in U.S.

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times | 05.03.2012

It's technically called an egg "donation." But if you're a young Asian woman, donating your eggs to an infertile couple...

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Should Addicts be Sterilized?

By Jed Bickman, Salon | 05.02.2012
“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s...
Eugenics

Should Addicts be Sterilized?

By Jed Bickman, Salon | 05.02.2012
“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads. Another says, “She has her daddy’s...
Eugenics

Artificial DNA Presents Real Dangers

By Daniel Sharp, Biopolitical Times | 05.02.2012

As concerns grow about dangers posed by the emergent field of synthetic biology, a novel discovery threatens to make...

Are Canadian Fertility Services Breaking the Law?

By Françoise Baylis, Bioethics Forum | 05.01.2012
In Canada, payment for eggs, sperm, in vitro embryos, and surrogacy is prohibited under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act of...
Bioethics