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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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Nuffield Council Gives Green Light to the Prevention of Inherited Mitochondrial Disease

By Antony Blackburn-Starza, BioNews | 06.12.2012

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has published an ethical review of new techniques which aim to prevent the transmission of...

Genomics

First Gay Couple to Become Fathers in UK Spend £65K to Ensure Next Child is a Girl

By Sadie Whitelocks, The Daily Mail (UK) | 06.12.2012

Britain’s first gay fathers have have spent £65,000 traveling to the U.S. so they can undergo IVF treatment which will...

Bioethics

Let's Get Real on Synthetic Biology

By Claire Marris and Nikolas Rose, NewScientist.com | 06.11.2012

As the race to build life from scratch pushes on, hyperbole drowns out nuanced discussion. We need more wide-ranging dialogue...

A "Post-Human" Future?

Let's Get Real on Synthetic Biology

By Claire Marris and Nikolas Rose, NewScientist.com | 06.11.2012

As the race to build life from scratch pushes on, hyperbole drowns out nuanced discussion. We need more wide-ranging dialogue...

A "Post-Human" Future?

Genetic Screening of Unborn Babies 'May be Inaccurate'

By Nick Collins, The Telegraph (UK) | 06.07.2012

American experts have developed a blood test which they claim could be used to routinely screen foetuses for more than...

Human Genetic Modification

Human Genetics Commission Publish Final Report

By Rebecca Hill, BioNews | 06.07.2012

The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has published its final report, which marks the end of its 12 years as an...

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