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

Presidential Panel Wrestles with Ethical Issues Linked to Clinical Use of Whole Genome Sequencing

By Alex Philippidis, Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology News | 02.23.2012

The U.S. Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues is grappling with many of the ethical issues arising from...

Genomics

Patient Advocates Test Law on Human Gene Patents

By Louise Hall, The Sydney Morning Herald | 02.21.2012

Companies do not have the right to a patent over human gene sequences and genetic mutations because such biological material...

Other Countries

Patient Advocates Test Law on Human Gene Patents

By Louise Hall, The Sydney Morning Herald | 02.21.2012

Companies do not have the right to a patent over human gene sequences and genetic mutations because such biological material...

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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...

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