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This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

This is the 17th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

U.S. States

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

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