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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...

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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...

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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...

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Solution to One Prop. 71 Flaw

By Jesse Reynolds, Los Angeles Times | 12.17.2007

Re "Stem cell housecleaning," editorial, Dec. 12

Your editorial appropriately highlights fundamental flaws of Proposition 71, the initiative that created...

U.S. States

Editorial: Stem Cell Housecleaning

By admin Los Angeles Times | 12.12.2007

Even as California's stem cell institute hands out a heartening new round of research grants this week, ethical lapses at...

U.S. States

Donated Eggs Don't Come Cheap

By Jennifer Swift, New Scientist | 12.08.2007

NOVEMBER was an astonishing month for embryonic stem cell research. First, Shoukhrat Mitalipov at the Oregon National Primate Research Center...

Stem Cells

Scientists Cure Mice Of Sickle Cell Using Stem Cell Technique

By Rick Weiss, Washington Post | 12.07.2007
Using a recently developed technique for turning skin cells into stem cells, scientists have cured mice of sickle cell anemia...
Stem Cells

Bids for stem-cell grants in jeopardy

By Sabin Russell, San Francisco Chronicle | 12.07.2007

California's stem cell agency may toss out grant applications seeking millions of dollars for researchers at UCSF and other prestigious...

U.S. States

Taking your genes in hand

By The Economist, The Economist | 12.06.2007

Personal genetic testing is advancing rapidly. But beware of overselling

GENETIC testing promises a lot. In particular, it promises to...

Biotech & Pharma

California Plans for a $750 Million Biotech Bank

By David Jensen, Wired | 12.06.2007
A new source of $750 million in funding could soon become available for the perennially cash-starved biotech industry, particularly stem...
Biotech & Pharma

Shrink-Wrapped Genes

By Victoria Colliver, San Francisco Chronicle | 12.05.2007

A San Francisco company is offering a new service that allows consumers to shrink-wrap their DNA. Just add water and...

Biotech & Pharma