News

The quest to create gene-edited babies gets a reboot

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 08.06.2025

A Chinese scientist horrified the world in 2018 when he revealed he had secretly engineered the birth of the world's first gene-edited babies.

His work was reviled as reckless and unethical because, among other reasons, gene-editing was so new...

Genetic Selection

Baby Bonuses and Motherhood Medals: Why We Shouldn’t Trust the Pronatalist Movement

By Staff, National Women's Law Center | 08.13.2025

INTRODUCTION

Baby bonuses. Motherhood medals. Fertility tracking. You may have heard of these policy proposals as solutions from the Trump administration to help encourage women to have more children.

Besides falling short of ensuring that people have what they need...

Human Genetic Modification

We Don’t Know if the Babies Born From Mitochondrial Replacement Therapy Will Still Develop Mitochondrial Disease

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...

Assisted Reproduction

Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

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...

Genetic Selection

Mercury News editorial: Stem-Cell Institute Should Take a Bow (Out)

By Mercury News Editorial, San Jose Mercury News | 12.17.2011
California's stem cell institute has become a global leader by launching world-class research on promising medical treatments for devastating injuries...
Fact Sheets

Stem Cell Study: Govt Wants to Draw Ethical Line

By Durgesh Nandan Jha, Times of India | 12.16.2011
NEW DELHI: Should gamete donation be allowed in India? What about couples undergoing In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) donating spare embryos for...
Other Countries

Stem Cell Study: Govt Wants to Draw Ethical Line

By Durgesh Nandan Jha, Times of India | 12.16.2011
NEW DELHI: Should gamete donation be allowed in India? What about couples undergoing In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) donating spare embryos for...
Other Countries

Errors During PGD Testing Raise Wrongful Conception Concerns

By Krystina Steffen, SEO Legal News | 12.15.2011
With advances in science and technology, having a healthy baby is more of a possibility. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, also known...
Genomics

Can a Company Own Your Genes?

By Azeen Ghorayshi, Mother Jones | 12.15.2011
The human genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are pretty notorious. A woman carrying a harmful mutation in either of these two...
Patents & Other IP

Errors During PGD Testing Raise Wrongful Conception Concerns

By Krystina Steffen, SEO Legal News | 12.15.2011
With advances in science and technology, having a healthy baby is more of a possibility. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, also known...
Genomics

Can a Company Own Your Genes?

By Azeen Ghorayshi, Mother Jones | 12.15.2011
The human genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 are pretty notorious. A woman carrying a harmful mutation in either of these two...
Patents & Other IP

Police Can Identify Suspect's Eye Colour from DNA

By New Scientist, New Scientist | 12.13.2011

Police with no leads can now predict the eye colour of their suspect from DNA recovered at the crime scene...

Technologies