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Palantir Has a Hand in NIH’s Most Ambitious Health Initiative

By Julia Métraux, Mother Jones [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.07.2026

During his 2015 State of the Union address, then-President Barack Obama announced what he promised would be an ambitious public health project. “Tonight, I’m launching a new Precision Medicine Initiative to bring us closer to curing diseases like cancer and diabetes...

U.S. Federal

The Measured Listener

By Daniel Shanahan, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.31.2026

This is the 15th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring the history of eugenics and the ways it shapes our present. You can read the first part here. The series...

U.S. States

These companies help parents try to pick their babies' traits. Experts are wary

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2026

Justin Schleede reaches onto a black lab bench to pick up a tray of small plastic tubes.

"These are saliva...

Genetic Selection

The start-ups dreaming of creating genetically modified babies

By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.22.2026

"If proven to be safe, we believe preventive gene editing could be one of the most important health technologies of...

U.S. Federal

Bits of Mystery DNA, Far From ‘Junk,’ Play Crucial Role

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 09.05.2012
Among the many mysteries of human biology is why complex diseases like diabetes, high blood pressure and psychiatric disorders are...
Genomics

Forensics on the Hill: Part I

By Brandon L. Garrett, Huffington Post | 09.05.2012
Two stray hairs sealed Donald Eugene Gates' fate. He was a suspect in the rape and murder of a college...
Bioethics

US Court Upholds Federal Funding of Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research

By Victoria Kay, BioNews | 09.03.2012
The US Court of Appeals has upheld a ruling permitting the use of federal funds for research involving human embryonic...
Stem Cells

South Carolina to Collect DNA After Every Felony Arrest

By Seanna Adcox, Associated Press | 09.01.2012
COLUMBIA — South Carolina’s law enforcement agency will soon collect DNA samples from people when they’re arrested for a felony...
Bioethics

Health Ministry to Expand Pregnant Women's Genetic Testing Subsidies

By Yaron Kelner, YNet News | 08.31.2012
The Health Ministry has decided to subsidize a variety of genetic tests for pregnant women in Israel. The new...
Genetic Selection

DNA Test Jailed Innocent Man for Murder

By Hannah Barnes, BBC News | 08.31.2012

Scientists, lawyers and politicians have raised new concerns over the quality of forensic evidence testing - so is the criminal...

Public Opinion

British Couples Flying to US For Banned Baby Sex Selection

By Stephen Adams, Telegraph [UK] | 08.28.2012
They are spending up to £30,000 a time on trips to New York, to guarantee a boy or a girl...
Genetic Selection

European Rights Court Raps Italy on Embryo Screening

By Gilbert Reilhac, Reuters | 08.28.2012
(Reuters) - The European Court of Human Rights ruled on Tuesday that Italy violated the rights of a couple carrying...
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