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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

Sperm Donor in Fremont Feeling Heat from Feds

By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle | 12.19.2011
Last month Trent Arsenault got three women pregnant - a new record for the Fremont man and father of 14...
Assisted Reproduction

Uterine Transplants: A New Frontier in Science

By Shari Rudavsky, Indy Star | 12.17.2011

In the early days of infertility research, scientists -- flush with the promise of transplant medicine -- wondered whether replacing...

Assisted Reproduction

Mercury News editorial: Stem-Cell Institute Should Take a Bow (Out)

By Mercury News Editorial, San Jose Mercury News | 12.17.2011
California's stem cell institute has become a global leader by launching world-class research on promising medical treatments for devastating injuries...
Fact Sheets

Uterine Transplants: A New Frontier in Science

By Shari Rudavsky, Indy Star | 12.17.2011

In the early days of infertility research, scientists -- flush with the promise of transplant medicine -- wondered whether replacing...

Assisted Reproduction

Mercury News editorial: Stem-Cell Institute Should Take a Bow (Out)

By Mercury News Editorial, San Jose Mercury News | 12.17.2011
California's stem cell institute has become a global leader by launching world-class research on promising medical treatments for devastating injuries...
Fact Sheets

Stem Cell Study: Govt Wants to Draw Ethical Line

By Durgesh Nandan Jha, Times of India | 12.16.2011
NEW DELHI: Should gamete donation be allowed in India? What about couples undergoing In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) donating spare embryos for...
Other Countries

Stem Cell Study: Govt Wants to Draw Ethical Line

By Durgesh Nandan Jha, Times of India | 12.16.2011
NEW DELHI: Should gamete donation be allowed in India? What about couples undergoing In-vitro Fertilization (IVF) donating spare embryos for...
Other Countries

Errors During PGD Testing Raise Wrongful Conception Concerns

By Krystina Steffen, SEO Legal News | 12.15.2011
With advances in science and technology, having a healthy baby is more of a possibility. Preimplantation genetic diagnosis, also known...
Genomics