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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

Editor’s Move Sparks Backlash

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 02.21.2012

The field of bioethics is embroiled in a period of soul-searching, sparked by a startling career move by one of...

Bioethics

Editor’s Move Sparks Backlash

By David Cyranoski, Nature News | 02.21.2012

The field of bioethics is embroiled in a period of soul-searching, sparked by a startling career move by one of...

Bioethics

Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?

By Adam Cohen, Time | 02.20.2012

In 2010, Pamela Fink, an employee of a Connecticut energy company, made a new kind of discrimination claim: she charged...

Genomics

Can You Be Fired for Your Genes?

By Adam Cohen, Time | 02.20.2012

In 2010, Pamela Fink, an employee of a Connecticut energy company, made a new kind of discrimination claim: she charged...

Genomics

Chinese Couples Come to U.S. to Have Children Through Surrogacy

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times | 02.18.2012

Americans have long gone to China to adopt babies. In a twist, Chinese couples are now coming here to become...

Other Countries

Chinese Couples Come to U.S. to Have Children Through Surrogacy

By Shan Li, Los Angeles Times | 02.18.2012

Americans have long gone to China to adopt babies. In a twist, Chinese couples are now coming here to become...

Other Countries

Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 02.18.2012
DNA sequencing is becoming both faster and cheaper. Now, it is also becoming tinier.

A British company said on Friday...
Genomics

Company Unveils DNA Sequencing Device Meant to Be Portable, Disposable and Cheap

By Andrew Pollack, New York Times | 02.18.2012
DNA sequencing is becoming both faster and cheaper. Now, it is also becoming tinier.

A British company said on Friday...
Genomics