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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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New Battle Lines Are Drawn Over Egg Donation

By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times | 09.13.2006
SAN FRANCISCO _ Should a woman be allowed to sell her eggs?

The question had never triggered much debate in...
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Impact of stem cell initiative questionable

By David Lieb, Associated Press | 09.10.2006
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - Quick, name the most costly, controversial issue before Missouri voters this fall.

The answer: stem cell...
Stem Cells

'Donor eggs for science' debated

By BBC News, BBC News | 09.07.2006

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority is asking if IVF patients and women not having treatment should donate, and which...

Stem cells: Next type of sports doping?

By MARIA CHENG, Associated Press | 09.07.2006
LONDON - For athletes, stem cells have much more than the potential to cure disease and save lives - they...

MSU find could alter debate on stem cells: Process may end destruction of embryos, eggs

By Matthew Miller, Lansing State Journal | 09.07.2006
EAST LANSING - Michigan State University researchers have taken the first steps toward developing a process that could allow scientists...
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State Takes Steps To Award Stem-Cell Funding

By Liese Klein, CT Business News Journal | 09.04.2006
More than 70 researchers are in the running for state stem-cell research funds, the state's Department of Health says, and...
Stem Cells

Couples Cull Embryos to Halt Heritage of Cancer

By Amy Harmon, New York Times | 09.03.2006
As Chad Kingsbury watches his daughter playing in the sandbox behind their suburban Chicago house, the thought that has flashed...

Letter to the Editor: Popsicle Politics

By Marcy Darnovsky, Mother Jones | 08.31.2006

Both "Breeder Reaction" and "Souls on Ice" begin to tackle the profound issues and difficult questions raised by new human...

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