News

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...

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Q & A on Myriad Decision: DNA Patent Upheld, Process Patent Not

By Eryn Brown, Los Angeles Times | 08.17.2012
Can a company patent a gene? According to a new appeals court ruling, yes — even when that gene is...
Genomics

Books and JavaScript Stored in DNA Molecules

By Douglas Heaven, New Scientist | 08.16.2012
Forget flash – the computers of the future might store data in DNA. George Church of the Wyss Institute at...
Synthetic Biology

Genetically Engineering 'Ethical' Babies is a Moral Obligation, Says Oxford Professor

By Richard Alleyne, The Telegraph [UK] | 08.16.2012
Professor Julian Savulescu said that creating so-called designer babies could be considered a "moral obligation" as it makes them grow...
Bioethics

Appeals Court Rules for Myriad on Gene Patents

By Brent Kendall, The Wall Street Journal | 08.16.2012
WASHINGTON—A divided federal appeals court on Thursday reaffirmed its ruling last year that isolated human genes can be patented, a...
U.S. Federal

As It Enters the Sporting Spotlight, Brazil Calls on the World to Rethink Race

By Siân Herbert, Guardian UK | 08.14.2012
Brazil is now officially on track for the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics. In a bid to open the...
Technologies

Would Ryan's Anti-Abortion, Anti-IVF Bill Criminalize Romney's Son?

By Lee-Anne Goodman, The Canadian Press | 08.14.2012
WASHINGTON - Paul Ryan's record on women's issues and abortion is coming into sharpened focus since Mitt Romney tapped him...
Assisted Reproduction

As Prices for Prenatal Genome Sequencing Tests Fall, Researchers Worry About Consequences for Families in a Real-Life 'Gattaca'

By Makini Brice, Medical Daily | 08.13.2012

If you could know your unborn child's entire genetic makeup, would you want to? Researchers believe that tests that detail...

Genomics

Synthetic 'Upgrade' for Fruit Fly's DNA

By Linda Geddes, New Scientist | 08.13.2012

The genetic code of the fruit fly Drosophila has been hacked into, allowing it to make proteins with properties that...

Human Genetic Modification