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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

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

'Am I My Genes?': Fate, Family And Genetic Testing

By NPR Staff, National Public Radio | 02.27.2012

Advances in genetic testing have improved the prediction, diagnosis and treatment of disease. But having increased information about your genetic...

Genomics

'Am I My Genes?': Fate, Family And Genetic Testing

By NPR Staff, National Public Radio | 02.27.2012

Advances in genetic testing have improved the prediction, diagnosis and treatment of disease. But having increased information about your genetic...

Genomics

Surrogacy Under Scrutiny

By Wang Hairong, Bejing Review | 02.27.2012

With its soft pink background and the picture of a happy, healthy baby, at first sight, Ymdaiyun.com looks no different...

Other Countries

Ogden Family at Center of Ethics Debate in Genetics Research

By Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune | 02.27.2012

By the time Camilla Black Grondahl became pregnant with her second child in 2010, she had already watched two older...

Genomics

Surrogacy Under Scrutiny

By Wang Hairong, Bejing Review | 02.27.2012

With its soft pink background and the picture of a happy, healthy baby, at first sight, Ymdaiyun.com looks no different...

Other Countries