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...

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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...

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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...

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Surrogacy Gives Birth to Industry

By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune | 06.21.2012

Jeri Chambers is in the middle of her seventh pregnancy and still enjoying the process.

That's a good thing, since...

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Judge Says Montana Parents Can Sue Over Lack of Genetic Testing

By The Associated Press, Great Falls Tribune | 06.21.2012
A Montana couple who say they would have terminated a pregnancy if they had known their daughter would be born...
Genomics

Surrogacy Gives Birth to Industry

By Peter Korn, Portland Tribune | 06.21.2012

Jeri Chambers is in the middle of her seventh pregnancy and still enjoying the process.

That's a good thing, since...

U.S. States

Payments for Victims of Eugenics Are Shelved

By Kim Severson, The New York Times | 06.20.2012
North Carolina’s novel effort to compensate people who were sterilized under a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that stretched into...
Eugenics

Informed Consent: A Broken Contract

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature News | 06.20.2012

Late in May, the direct-to-consumer gene-testing company 23andMe proudly announced the impending award of its first patent. The firm's research...

Genomics

The Burden of Enforcing GINA: EEOC v. Nestle Illustrates One Challenge in Pursuing Genetic Discrimination Claims

By Jennifer K. Wagner and Dan Vorhaus, Genomics Law Report | 06.20.2012
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (GINA) is a federal law making it illegal for insurers and employers to...
Genomics

Payments for Victims of Eugenics Are Shelved

By Kim Severson, The New York Times | 06.20.2012
North Carolina’s novel effort to compensate people who were sterilized under a widespread and decades-long eugenics program that stretched into...
Eugenics

Informed Consent: A Broken Contract

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature News | 06.20.2012

Late in May, the direct-to-consumer gene-testing company 23andMe proudly announced the impending award of its first patent. The firm's research...

Genomics