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

Pregnant Surrogates ‘Left in the Lurch’ after RCMP Raid Fertility Consultant’s Office

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 03.01.2012
The RCMP have launched an unprecedented investigation of a fertility-treatment consultant, citing alleged violations of laws that ban the buying...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Controversial Bioethicist Quits Stem-Cell Company

By David Cyranoski, Nature News Blog | 03.01.2012
On 28 February, bioethicist Glenn McGee resigned his position as president of ethics and strategic initiatives at the stem-cell firm...
Bioethics

Pregnant Surrogates ‘Left in the Lurch’ after RCMP Raid Fertility Consultant’s Office

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 03.01.2012
The RCMP have launched an unprecedented investigation of a fertility-treatment consultant, citing alleged violations of laws that ban the buying...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

NIH Announces Database for Genetic Test Information

By Susan Young, Nature News Blog | 02.29.2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled its Genetic Testing Registry, a  database of  information on genetic tests...
U.S. Federal

NIH Announces Database for Genetic Test Information

By Susan Young, Nature News Blog | 02.29.2012
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has unveiled its Genetic Testing Registry, a  database of  information on genetic tests...
U.S. Federal

Convicted Surrogacy Attorney: I'm Tip of Iceberg

By Rory Devine and R. Stickney, NBC San Diego | 02.29.2012
The woman convicted and sentenced for her role in a baby-selling ring said there need to be changes in the...
Assisted Reproduction

Convicted Surrogacy Attorney: I'm Tip of Iceberg

By Rory Devine and R. Stickney, NBC San Diego | 02.29.2012
The woman convicted and sentenced for her role in a baby-selling ring said there need to be changes in the...
Assisted Reproduction

Should You Be Able to Clone Your Pet?

By Pete Shanks, Junior Scholastic | 02.27.2012

Thanks to advances in technology, scientists can extract cells from an animal and implant them into a surrogate mother. If...

Animal Biotechnologies