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

Stem cell research on donor eggs often not disclosed

By Frederik Joelving, Reuters Health | 01.03.2012

(Reuters Health) - Many U.S. fertility clinics don't tell egg donors that embryos made from their eggs may end up...

Stem Cells

Scientists Grow Sperm in Laboratory Dish

By The Telegraph, The Telegraph | 01.02.2012

The development opens up the possibility of infertile men being able to father their own children rather than using donor...

A "Post-Human" Future?

12 MP Doctors Let Off with Rs.5,000 [$94] Fine for Conducting Illegal Drug Trials

By Anup Dutta, India Today | 01.02.2012

As penalties for subjecting patients to guinea pig treatment go, this one would not even register on the blip screen...

Human Rights

12 MP Doctors Let Off with Rs.5,000 [$94] Fine for Conducting Illegal Drug Trials

By Anup Dutta, India Today | 01.02.2012

As penalties for subjecting patients to guinea pig treatment go, this one would not even register on the blip screen...

Human Rights

Sydney Women Turn to US Dads for Sperm Donation

By Rosie Squires, The Sunday Telegraph | 01.01.2012

Local donations to IVF clinics have all but stopped since it became easier for children to track down their biological...

Assisted Reproduction

Health Insurance and ‘Genetic Discrimination’: Are Rules Needed?

By Carly Weeks, The Globe and Mail | 01.01.2012

Brynne Stainsby grew up knowing she had a good chance of being diagnosed with Huntington’s disease one day.

Her father...

Genomics