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

Medicine, not food, may have more to gain from cloning

By Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel | 08.14.2010

The cloning of animals may have come from agriculture, but its real promise may be in the lucrative field of...

Human Cloning

UC Berkeley waters down DNA testing

By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle | 08.13.2010

Under pressure from state public health officials, the professors behind UC Berkeley's controversial plan to genetically test incoming freshmen and...

Genomics

UCal Berkeley Pulls Back Freshman Gene Tests

By GenomeWeb, GenomeWeb [Quotes CGS's Richard Hayes and Jesse Reynolds] | 08.13.2010

NEW YORK (GenomeWeb News) – The University of California at Berkeley will significantly modify its plan to run genetic tests...

Genomics

In India, age often doesn't stop women from seeking help to become pregnant

By Emily Wax, Washington Post | 08.13.2010
Inside a crowded rural hospital, gray-haired Nananki Rohtash rested on a cot, her swollen legs elevated while her sister-in-law paced...
Assisted Reproduction

Campus DNA Testing Program Will Not Release Individual Results

By Emma Anderson, The Daily Cal | 08.12.2010
UC Berkeley's controversial plan to test incoming freshman's DNA will no longer give provide individual students with their results, but...
Genomics

UC Berkeley drops part of gene-scanning program

By Marcus Wohlsen, Associated Press | 08.12.2010
The University of California, Berkeley, said Thursday it would drop part of its genetic testing program for incoming students to...
Genomics

UCB Genetic Testing Program Altered After Decision By State Officials

By KTVU / Bay City News, KTVU / Bay City News [Quotes CGS's Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.12.2010

A genetic testing program at the University of California at Berkeley that allowed incoming freshmen to submit DNA samples will...

Genomics

UC Berkeley drops plans to release personal genetic information to incoming freshmen

By Lisa Krieger, San Jose Mercury News | 08.12.2010

The University of California Berkeley has dropped plans to release personal genetic information to incoming freshmen, following instruction by state...

Genomics