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

Wisconsin Ruling Prevents Most Insurers From Denying Benefits to Surrogates

By Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 08.04.2012

Two Wisconsin surrogate mothers - with help from the state Commissioner of Insurance and state Supreme Court - have made...

Genetic Selection

DNA Samples in Felony Arrests Boosts Ohio Database

By Andrew Welsh-Higgins, San Francisco Chronicle | 08.03.2012
A new Ohio law requiring anyone arrested on a felony charge to submit a DNA sample has more than doubled...
U.S. States

23andMe Wants FDA Approval for Personal DNA Testing. What Can It Reveal?

By Bonnie Rochman, TIME Healthland | 08.02.2012

Earlier this week, the personal gene-testing company 23andMe announced that it’s seeking the blessing of the Food and Drug Administration...

Human Genetic Modification

NY Law Expanding DNA Database Takes Effect

By Dan Wiessner, Reuters | 08.01.2012
ALBANY, N.Y., Aug 1 (Reuters) - Starting Wednesday, almost anyone convicted of a crime in New York will be required...
U.S. States

Supreme Court May Review Case over DNA Samples

By Jonathan Stempel and Terry Baynes, Reuters | 07.30.2012
(Reuters) - The Supreme Court signaled on Monday that it may review whether law enforcement officials may collect DNA samples...
U.S. States

Federal Court Taking Second Look at Calif. DNA Law

By Associated Press, Yahoo News | 07.26.2012
A federal appeals court decided to take another look at a California law that requires DNA samples to be taken...
Human Rights

Ruling Frees FDA to Crack Down on Stem Cell Clinics

By Peter Aldhous, NewScientist.com | 07.25.2012
It's official: stem cells are drugs. At least, that's the opinion of the US district court in Washington DC, which...
Bioethics

Happy Birthday, IVF: 'Inconceivable' Mom Looks Back at First 'Test Tube Baby'

By Carolyn Savage, MSNBC | 07.25.2012
Carolyn Savage knows more than most about the moral and ethical quandaries of in-vitro fertilization. An IVF clinic mistake left...
Assisted Reproduction