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...

U.S. Federal

Many Egg-Donor Recruiters Ignore Ethical Standards-Study

By Kerry Grens, Reuters Health | 08.10.2012
A sizable share of the U.S. organizations recruiting egg donors online don't adhere to ethical guidelines, including failing to warn...
Bioethics

Researcher Accused of Misleading Pregnant Women

By Sara Reardon, New Scientist | 08.09.2012

Freedom of information requests have revealed that pregnant women may not have been given all the facts before taking an...

Genomics

Clinical Trial Is Favorable for a Prenatal Gene Test

By Andrew Pollack, The New York Times | 08.08.2012

A new method of prenatal testing that can detect more genetic problems in a fetus than ever before could be...

Genomics

Christie Vetoes Bill That Would Have Eased Tough Rules for Gestational Surrogates

By Susan K. Livio, New Jersey Star Ledger | 08.08.2012
Governor Chris Christie today vetoed a bill that would have relaxed New Jersey's strict surrogate parenting law, saying the state...
U.S. States

Fertility Treatments May Put Women at Risk for PTSD Symptoms, Study Suggests

By Rachael Rettner, NBC News | 08.08.2012

Women who undergo fertility treatments may find the situation so distressing that they develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a new...

Assisted Reproduction

On Anniversary of Eugenics Ruling, a Va. Delegate Proposes Payments for Living Victims

By Bob Lewis, The Washington Post | 08.05.2012
RICHMOND, Va. — Exactly 85 years ago, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that state governments could force involuntary surgical sterilizations...
Bioethics

New Ice Age for Wellbeing

By Rachel Browne, The Sydney Morning Herald | 08.05.2012
Worried about what the future may hold for your health? An emerging health movement is encouraging the ''worried well'' to...
Other Countries

Startling Admissions in IVF Journal

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 08.04.2012
Some IVF patients are being offered risky, unsafe techniques which have not been developed with clinical trial and which offer...
Biotech & Pharma