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...

U.S. Federal

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...

U.S. States

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...

U.S. Federal

Appeals Court to Hear Gene-Patenting Case in July

By Maggie Fox, National Journal | 04.30.2012

A federal appeals court will hear arguments about whether companies can patent genes on July 20. The American Civil Liberties...

Biopolitics

Ova Brokers Remain Unchecked. Number of Births Resulting From In Vitro Fertilization Abroad Unknown

By Yomiuri , The Daily Yomiuri | 04.30.2012

Although Yomiuri Shimbun research indicates that at least 130 children were born to Japanese parents from 2007 to 2011 after...

Other Countries

Tens of Thousands of Children Have Their DNA Stored by Police, Even if They are Not Charged With Any Crime

By Matt Blake, Daily Mail (UK) | 04.27.2012

Tens of thousands of children as young as ten are having their DNA swabbed and stored by police forces across...

Genomics

Tens of Thousands of Children Have Their DNA Stored by Police, Even if They are Not Charged With Any Crime

By Matt Blake, Daily Mail (UK) | 04.27.2012

Tens of thousands of children as young as ten are having their DNA swabbed and stored by police forces across...

Genomics

Will Gattaca Come True?

By Mara Hvistendahl, Slate | 04.27.2012
In 2003, back when such things remained unpredictable, a woman gave birth to a baby boy with Down syndrome. Her...
Genomics

Will Gattaca Come True?

By Mara Hvistendahl, Slate | 04.27.2012
In 2003, back when such things remained unpredictable, a woman gave birth to a baby boy with Down syndrome. Her...
Genomics

White House Promotes a Bioeconomy

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 04.26.2012

The National Bioeconomy Blueprint, as the plan is called, discusses a variety of measures and strategies to spur research and...

Biopolitics

$10.3 Million for Eugenics Compensation

By Herbert L. White, Charlotte Post | 04.25.2012
Perdue, a Democrat who is not seeking re-election, said the money would be used for $50,000 payments to verified victims...
Disability Rights