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

NIH Uncovers Racial Disparity in Grant Awards

By Jocelyn Kaiser, Science | 08.19.2011
It takes no more than a visit to a few labs or a glance at the crowd at a scientific...
Racial Justice

Is Hollywood turning surrogacy into a trend?

By Joanne Richard, Toronto Sun | 08.16.2011
There's a baby boom in Hollywood and celebrity surrogacy is front and centre.

From Elton John, Nicole Kidman and Neil...
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Set a bug to kill a bug

By Marian Turner, Nature News | 08.16.2011

Engineered bacteria that can detect and kill human pathogens could provide a new way to treat antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Using the...

Human Genetic Modification

Eugenics Victim, Son Fighting Together for Justice

By Allen G. Breed, ABC News | 08.15.2011
Elaine Riddick's small frame heaves, her rapid, shallow breaths whistling in her throat as she forces the words out between...
Human Rights

Boy or Girl? Down Syndrome? What to Expect When You’re Testing

By Susan Gilbert, Bioethics Forum | 08.11.2011
News about simple maternal blood tests that can accurately identify the sex of a fetus, genetic disorders, and other traits...
Genetic Selection

Boy or Girl? Down Syndrome? What to Expect When You’re Testing

By Susan Gilbert, Bioethics Forum | 08.11.2011
News about simple maternal blood tests that can accurately identify the sex of a fetus, genetic disorders, and other traits...
Genetic Selection

Surrogacy Scandal Raises Question About Regulation

By Julie Watson, Associated Press | 08.11.2011
SAN DIEGO — She built a name for herself as a highly skilled reproductive law specialist in a state considered...
Fact Sheets

The Two-Minus-One Pregnancy

By Ruth Padawer, New York Times | 08.10.2011

As Jenny lay on the obstetrician’s examination table, she was grateful that the ultrasound tech had turned off the overhead...
Assisted Reproduction