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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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Opinion: Slippery slope: Inflated science claims equal $$

By By Robert Bazell, MSNBC | 08.29.2006
The campaign to generate hype kicked off weeks before the news broke _ as often happens when biotechnology firms claim...
Stem Cells

Letter-to-the-editor: Ethical concerns over stem cell research

By Osagie Obasogie, Los Angeles Times | 08.29.2006

The recent breakthrough that may allow scientists to create human embryonic stem cells without destroying embryos may move stem cell...

Stem Cells

Critic Alleges Deceit in Study On Stem Cells

By Rick Weiss, Washington Post | 08.26.2006
A landmark scientific report that was supposed to bridge the gap between proponents and opponents of human embryonic stem cell...
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Stem Cell Gold Rush

By Jesse Reynolds, Hartford Courant | 08.20.2006

Connecticut and a handful of other states are funding human embryonic stem cell research on their own, in reaction to...

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Donors Sustain Stem-Cell Effort In California Amid Funding Battle

By David P. Hamilton, Wall Street Journal | 08.16.2006
Even as legal challenges have tied up funding for California's ambitious $3 billion effort to fund stem-cell research, big-dollar contributions...
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Some Scientists See Shift in Stem Cell Hopes

By Nicholas Wade, New York Times | 08.14.2006
In the five years since President Bush authorized and at the same time restricted research on human embryonic stem cells...

Letter-to-the-editor: Groups' focus is safety of egg donors

By Sujatha Jesudason and Judy Norsigian, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 08.12.2006

It's ironic that Focus on the Family, an organization that is opposed to abortion, same-sex unions and comprehensive sex education...

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Patient dies after IVF treatment

By BBC News, BBC News | 08.10.2006

Officials at the Leicester Royal Infirmary confirmed a patient had lost her life on Monday after undergoing IVF treatment at...

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