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By Katherine Drabiak, Journal of Medical Ethics Forum | 08.07.2025
Adapted from Mitochondrial DNA at
National Human Genome Research Institute
Recently, media outlets around the world have been reporting on...
By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025
A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer...
By Kim Severson, New York Times | 01.11.2012
ATLANTA — The task force assigned the difficult task of deciding how much to compensate the victims of a North...
By CBS NY, CBS New York | 01.11.2012
The state of New York is considering a dramatic expansion of its DNA collection. New Yorkers who find themselves under...
By Brian Vastag, The Washington Post | 01.10.2012
Responding to U.S. experiments that infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in the 1940s, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that...
By Brian Vastag, The Washington Post | 01.10.2012
Responding to U.S. experiments that infected Guatemalans with syphilis and gonorrhea in the 1940s, the Obama administration announced Tuesday that...
By Sharon Begley, Reuters | 01.10.2012
After years of predictions that the "$1,000 genome" - a read-out of a person's complete genetic information for about the...
By Sharon Begley, Reuters | 01.10.2012
After years of predictions that the "$1,000 genome" - a read-out of a person's complete genetic information for about the...
By Douglas Pet, Slate | 01.09.2012
The booming business in international surrogacy, whereby Westerners have begun hiring poor women in developing countries to carry their babies...
By Scott Pelley, 60 Minutes | 01.08.2012
Dr. Dan Ecklund claims he can treat dozens of diseases using stem cells. But there's a problem. Ecklund is a...