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

The quest for the perfect baby

By Meir Brezis, Haaretz [Israel] | 10.18.2011

The ultra-sound test showed a cyst on the embryo's brain. My daughter-in-law pondered whether to terminate the pregnancy. According to...

Other Countries

EU court: No patents for some stem cell techniques

By Maria Cheng, Bloomberg Businessweek | 10.18.2011

The European Union's top court ruled Tuesday that scientists cannot patent stem cell techniques that use human embryos for research...

Other Countries

Disgraced S Korean Cloner Hwang Back with Coyote Claim

By BBC, BBC News | 10.17.2011

He handed over eight muzzled coyotes to an animal shelter, in a scene reminiscent of his glory days as South...

Animal Biotechnologies

Police cite privacy concerns over their own DNA

By Dave Collins, Chicago Tribune via Associated Press | 10.16.2011

HARTFORD, Conn.—

When police in southern Louisiana were investigating the deaths of eight women in 2009, the sophistication of the...

Genomics

South Africa tightens rules for foreigners to make families

By Sapa-AFP, Sapa-AFP | 10.13.2011

Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa...

Assisted Reproduction

South Africa tightens rules for foreigners to make families

By Sapa-AFP, Sapa-AFP | 10.13.2011

Last month a court in Pretoria set out guidelines for foreigners looking to hire a surrogate mother in South Africa...

Assisted Reproduction

Gene therapy and stem cells unite

By James Gallagher, BBC News | 10.13.2011

Two of the holy grails of medicine - stem cell technology and precision gene therapy - have been united for...

Genomics

Bitter Fight to Determine Who Is an American Indian Turns to DNA Testing

By James Taylor, Indian Country Today Media Network | 10.13.2011

The onset of casino gaming brought great change in Indian country, but it also created unexpected—and frequently heated—arguments over Indian...

Racial Justice