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

Cancer gene patent faces legal challenge

By AAP, AAP | 06.08.2010

Cancer patient Yvonne D'Arcy says she's ready for a David and Goliath battle challenging a patent over a human gene...

Other Countries

Stanford Med Students Offered Option to Study Their Own Genotype Data

By GenomeWeb, GenomeWeb Daily News | 06.07.2010

Stanford University School of Medicine today said that it will offer a new course that gives medical and graduate students...

Biotech & Pharma

UC Berkeley, Don't Send Those Swabs

By Jesse Reynolds, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.07.2010

UC Berkeley is proposing to launch an unprecedented, risky experiment on its incoming class. Under the plan, the university will...

Genomics

From Genetic Tests to Tailored Care: Decoding a field with big potential -- and even bigger implications

By Kelly Bothum, Delaware Online | 06.01.2010

Imagine a doctor using your genetic profile to decide which medicine to prescribe or to determine your risk for developing...

Genomics

UC Berkeley offer to test DNA of incoming students sparks debate

By Larry Gordon, Los Angeles Times | 06.01.2010
When UC Berkeley officials came up with the idea of asking all new students to volunteer a DNA swab as...
Genomics

Third board member quits fertility industry watchdog

By Tom Blackwell, National Post | 05.31.2010
Another board member has suddenly quit the troubled federal agency meant to police Canada’s thriving fertility industry, prompting calls for...
Assisted Reproduction

Unwinding Berkeley's DNA Test

By Jennifer Epstein, Inside Higher Ed | 05.28.2010
A group of faculty members at the University of California at Berkeley hoped to generate conversation among students, and expected...
Genomics

Welcome, Freshmen. DNA Swabs, Please.

By Troy Duster, The Chronicle of Higher Education | 05.28.2010
When the University of California at Berkeley announced a project that asks incoming freshmen for the fall of 2010 to...
Genomics