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

Genetic mapping of babies by 2019 will transform preventive medicine

By Mark Henderson, The Independent | 02.09.2009

Every baby born a decade from now will have its genetic code mapped at birth, the head of the world's...

Genomics

Unnatural selection: How far will parents go?

By Marlowe Hood, Agence France-Presse | 02.08.2009

Picture this: prospective parents excitedly clicking through an online catalogue, ticking off the optimal mix of traits for their yet-to-be-conceived...

Genetic Selection

Committee again sidesteps cloning research bid [South Korea]

By Limb Jae-un, JoongAng Daily | 02.06.2009

At a closed meeting yesterday, the National Bioethics Committee of the Health Ministry again deferred a decision on whether to...

Other Countries

California Medical Board investigating 'standard of care' in octuplets case

By Caroline Hedley, The Telegraph | 02.05.2009

In a statement issued to the Telegraph on Thursday, a spokeswoman for the governing body said: "We are looking into...

Assisted Reproduction

Obama's Coming Stem-Cell Decision May Not Jump-Start Research

By Paul Basken, Chronicle of Higher Education | 02.05.2009

Eight years ago, President George W. Bush sharply limited federal support for stem-cell research. The move cost universities millions of...

U.S. Federal

Octuplet Mother Also Gives Birth To Ethical Debate

By Ashley Surdin, Washington Post | 02.04.2009

Public opinion seems to be cresting against her, her own mother is rattled, and now fertility experts are suggesting the...

Assisted Reproduction

Reviving Extinct Species

By Margaret Munro, CanWest News Service | 02.02.2009

Would you pay $100 to see a woolly mammoth munching on grass?

How about Neanderthals building a fire, or a...

Animal Biotechnologies

Animal eggs not a good source for embryonic stem cells: study

By Agence France Presse, Agence France Presse | 02.02.2009

A study published Monday has found that eggs from cows, rabbits and other animals are not a good source for...

Animal Biotechnologies