News

This startup wants to prove gene-editing embryos is safe for making healthy babies

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 09.29.2026

Cathy Tie slips on a white lab coat bearing her name and the logo of her startup: Origin Genomics. "Welcome!" she says as she leads an NPR reporter, photographer and videographer on an exclusive tour of Origin's labs located...

Human Genetic Modification

Demographic Fears and Far-Right Fantasies

By Alexandra Minna Stern, Los Angeles Review of Books | 09.26.2026

This is the 17th 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. The series is organized by Osagie K. Obasogie in...

Society

She Got a Great Deal on Egg Freezing. Then She Spiraled

By Maia Hibbett, Wired | 09.09.2026

THE INSTAGRAM POST, precision-guided by sex and age, had zeroed in on its target. Yuchen Tu is a conservatory-trained viola...

U.S. Federal

Eugenics and the Nihilism of Law-and-Order Politics

By Terence Keel, Los Ángeles Review of Books | 09.06.2026

This is the 16th installment in the Legacies of Eugenics series, which features essays by leading thinkers devoted to exploring...

U.S. States

Are Canadian Fertility Services Breaking the Law?

By Françoise Baylis, Bioethics Forum | 05.01.2012

In Canada, payment for eggs, sperm, in vitro embryos, and surrogacy is prohibited under the Assisted Human Reproduction Act of...

Bioethics

South Korea Steps Up Stem-Cell Work

By Soo Bin Park, Nature News | 05.01.2012

The South Korean health ministry announced last month that research into stem cells and regenerative medicine will receive a funding...

Stem Cells

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

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