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

Police making arrests 'just to gather DNA samples' [United Kingdom]

By BBC, BBC news | 11.24.2009

Police officers in England and Wales have made arrests just to get people on to the DNA database, a retired...

Technologies

Argentina forces dirty war orphans to provide DNA

By Mayra Pertossi, Associated Press | 11.21.2009
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Valuing truth over the right to privacy, Argentina's Congress has authorized the forced extraction of DNA...
Other Countries

Sex selection just a mouse click away [India]

By Sanchita Sharma, Hindustan Times | 11.20.2009
“Select your baby’s gender at will in 3 simple steps with 94% accuracy”: that’s not a furtive sign at a...
Biotech & Pharma

Gene synthesis companies establish measures to counter bioterrorism

By European Biotechnology Science and Industry News, European Biotechnology Science and Industry News | 11.20.2009

The five largest suppliers of synthetic DNA will establish common measures to prevent misuse of synthetically produced DNA by bioterorrists...

Society

Company seeks to test embryonic stem cells for blindness

By Maggie Fox, Reuters | 11.19.2009
Advanced Cell Technology, a small Massachusetts-based biotechnology company, said on Thursday it has asked for approval to test human embryonic...
Stem Cells

Firm that led the way in DNA testing goes bust

By Jeremy Laurance, The Independent | 11.18.2009
Personal DNA testing to diagnose and cure disease – often touted as the future of medicine – was dealt a...
Biotech & Pharma

Law Seeks to Ban Misuse of Genetic Testing

By Steven Greenhouse, New York Times | 11.16.2009
The most important new antidiscrimination law in two decades — the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act — will take effect in...
U.S. Federal

Welcome to the Clone Farm

By Karl Plume, Reuters | 11.13.2009
To the untrained eye, Pollard Farms looks much like any other cattle ranch. Similar looking cows are huddled in similar...
Animal Biotechnologies