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

The quest for the perfect baby

By Meir Brezis, Haaretz [Israel] | 10.18.2011
The ultra-sound test showed a cyst on the embryo's brain. My daughter-in-law pondered whether to terminate the pregnancy. According to...
Other Countries

The quest for the perfect baby

By Meir Brezis, Haaretz [Israel] | 10.18.2011
The ultra-sound test showed a cyst on the embryo's brain. My daughter-in-law pondered whether to terminate the pregnancy. According to...
Other Countries

EU court: No patents for some stem cell techniques

By Maria Cheng, Bloomberg Businessweek | 10.18.2011

The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that scientists cannot patent stem cell techniques that use human embryos for research...

Other Countries

Disgraced S Korean Cloner Hwang Back with Coyote Claim

By BBC, BBC News | 10.17.2011

He handed over eight muzzled coyotes to an animal shelter, in a scene reminiscent of his glory days as South...

Animal Biotechnologies

Police cite privacy concerns over their own DNA

By Dave Collins, Chicago Tribune via Associated Press | 10.16.2011
HARTFORD, Conn.—

When police in southern Louisiana were investigating the deaths of eight women in 2009, the sophistication of the...
Genomics

South Africa tightens rules for foreigners to make families

By Sapa-AFP, Sapa-AFP | 10.13.2011

Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa...

Assisted Reproduction

South Africa tightens rules for foreigners to make families

By Sapa-AFP, Sapa-AFP | 10.13.2011

Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa...

Assisted Reproduction

Gene therapy and stem cells unite

By James Gallagher, BBC News | 10.13.2011

Two of the holy grails of medicine - stem cell technology and precision gene therapy - have been united for...

Genomics