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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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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

Baby Contest: Couples Compete for Free IVF — Is This Exploitation or Generosity?

By Bonnie Rochman, TIME Healthland | 06.19.2012
One winner, Melissa Costa-Lac, had endured three failed adoptions, five miscarriages and the stillbirth of a full-term baby boy...
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Baby Contest: Couples Compete for Free IVF — Is This Exploitation or Generosity?

By Bonnie Rochman, TIME Healthland | 06.19.2012
One winner, Melissa Costa-Lac, had endured three failed adoptions, five miscarriages and the stillbirth of a full-term baby boy...
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Policy Group’s Study Shows At Least 38 Wrongful Convictions Likely in Old Virginia Cases

By Associated Press, The Washington Post | 06.18.2012
New DNA testing in hundreds of old Virginia homicide and sexual assault cases supports the exoneration of at least 38...
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Policy Group’s Study Shows At Least 38 Wrongful Convictions Likely in Old Virginia Cases

By Associated Press, The Washington Post | 06.18.2012
New DNA testing in hundreds of old Virginia homicide and sexual assault cases supports the exoneration of at least 38...
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Gene Patent Case Ramps Up

By Amy Maxmen, Nature News Blog | 06.15.2012
Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others file legal documents challenging patents on DNA.

The ACLU briefs detail...
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Court Dismisses Suit Over Unethical US Experiments

By Richard Monastersky, Nature News Blog | 06.15.2012
A US court has dismissed a lawsuit by Guatemalan citizens against US officials in connection with unethical medical experiments conducted...
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Gene Patent Case Ramps Up

By Amy Maxmen, Nature News Blog | 06.15.2012
Today the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others file legal documents challenging patents on DNA.

The ACLU briefs detail...
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