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

America: Reproductive and Research Cloning

By Viginia Commonwealth University, Viginia Commonwealth University | 11.07.2006

How much do you favor or oppose...

 

  Strongly Favor Somewhat Favor Somewhat Oppose  Strongly Oppose Don’t Know No...
Society

Stem Cell Research: Fact and Fiction

By Caroline Dobuzinskis, Mother Jones MoJo Blog | 11.03.2006

Stem cells have become the superstars of this election season, with their profiles raised by celebrities and ad campaigns. But...

Assisted Reproduction

Stem Cell Issue Roils Missouri Race

By David Lieb, Associated Press | 10.26.2006
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -- The battle over stem cell research in Missouri doesn't lack for star power.

Ailing actor Michael...
Stem Cells

A Pro-Woman Stem-Cell Policy

By Marcy Darnovsky, TomPaine.com | 10.26.2006

As the midterm elections draw near, stem cell politics may be taking a new turn. For years, the debate about...

Stem Cells

For stem cell commission, conflicts may be hard to avoid

By Erin Bryant, Capital News Service | 10.20.2006
ANNAPOLIS — The Maryland Stem Cell Commission is the state panel charged with distributing $15 million in research grants to...
Stem Cells

Entrepreneur Puts Himself Up for Study In Genetic 'Tell-All'

By ANTONIO REGALADO, Wall Street Journal | 10.18.2006
J. Craig Venter, a biologist and brash entrepreneur, started a recent day with a bowl of oatmeal and skim milk...
Biotech & Pharma

Measure poses hard-to-answer question to Missouri voters

By Matt Franck, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 10.07.2006
Missouri voters are being asked whether an issue before them would kill cloned human embryos or cure the world of...
Stem Cells

Stem cell experts seek licence to create human-rabbit embryo

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 10.05.2006
British scientists are seeking approval to create embryos by fusing human cells with animal eggs in controversial research which will...
Stem Cells