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

Woman Sues FDA Over Right to Select Her Own Sperm Donor

By Meghan Neal, New York Daily News | 07.04.2012

A California woman is suing the federal government, arguing she should have the right to be artificially inseminated by a...

Genomics

Should People be Allowed To Sell Their Organs?

By Alice Park, Time / CNN | 07.03.2012
How much would it take for you to consider selling your bone marrow? A U.S. appeals court puts the price...
Stem Cells

Should People be Allowed To Sell Their Organs?

By Alice Park, Time / CNN | 07.03.2012
How much would it take for you to consider selling your bone marrow? A U.S. appeals court puts the price...
Stem Cells

How to Tell When A Drug Company Fibs About Clinical Trial Results

By Adam Feuerstein, The Street | 07.03.2012

Osiris Therapeutics "disappeared" important data when the company announced results Monday from a mid-stage study of its stem cell therapy...

Genomics

How to Tell When A Drug Company Fibs About Clinical Trial Results

By Adam Feuerstein, The Street | 07.03.2012

Osiris Therapeutics "disappeared" important data when the company announced results Monday from a mid-stage study of its stem cell therapy...

Genomics

Couples Use IVF to Pick Genes

By Julia Medew, The Age | 07.03.2012
FERTILE women with genes that predispose them to breast and ovarian cancers are using IVF treatment at two Melbourne clinics...
Genetic Selection

Couples Use IVF to Pick Genes

By Julia Medew, The Age | 07.03.2012
FERTILE women with genes that predispose them to breast and ovarian cancers are using IVF treatment at two Melbourne clinics...
Genetic Selection

Government Launches Consultation on Future of UK Human Fertilisation and Tissue Regulators

By Ayesha Ahmad, BioNews | 07.02.2012

The UK Government has launched a consultation on the future of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) and Human...

Biotech & Pharma