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

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

Frozen Egg Birth Rate Remains Low

By Julieanne Strachan, Sydney Morning Herald | 07.01.2012
Women should not put off starting a family until their 40s in the belief they will simply be able to...
Other Countries

Frozen Egg Birth Rate Remains Low

By Julieanne Strachan, Sydney Morning Herald | 07.01.2012
Women should not put off starting a family until their 40s in the belief they will simply be able to...
Other Countries

Myth of 'The Jukes' Offers Cautionary Genetics Tale

By Dan Vergano, USA Today | 06.30.2012
You may not have heard of the Jukes family, but you know them.They're bad. Each and every one one of...
Genomics

Myth of 'The Jukes' Offers Cautionary Genetics Tale

By Dan Vergano, USA Today | 06.30.2012
You may not have heard of the Jukes family, but you know them.They're bad. Each and every one one of...
Genomics

Arizona High Court Limits Analysis of Juvenile Defendants' DNA

By Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star | 06.28.2012

Analyzing the DNA samples of juveniles who have not been found guilty of any crime is an unconstitutional warrantless search...

Genomics

Arizona High Court Limits Analysis of Juvenile Defendants' DNA

By Howard Fischer, Arizona Daily Star | 06.28.2012

Analyzing the DNA samples of juveniles who have not been found guilty of any crime is an unconstitutional warrantless search...

Genomics

Fetal Tests Spur Legal Battle

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature | 06.27.2012

Genetic tests that analyze fetal DNA from a pregnant woman's blood are arriving in a rush, giving parents powerful tools...

Genomics