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

Women's risk is issue in Missouri stem cell debate

By Matt Franck, St. Louis Post-Dispatch | 08.06.2006
A proposed constitutional amendment protecting stem cell research is likely to rise or fall on whether Missourians view a mass...
Stem Cells

Stem-cell institute has money, will fund research

By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News | 08.03.2006
Running with the $150 million loan it just got from Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the board overseeing California's $3 billion stem-cell...
Stem Cells

Editorial: Public confidence in stem-cell institute demands full disclosure

By San Jose Mercury News, San Jose Mercury News | 07.31.2006

California's great stem-cell experiment faces a moment of truth this week.

Wednesday, in San Francisco, the state's stem-cell institute must...

Society

Hold fire on therapeutic cloning until there's proof it works

By John Martin, Sydney Morning Herald | 07.26.2006
ALTHOUGH I share the great enthusiasm for the successes of Australia's medical research, those achievements have been won within a...
Other Countries

Editorial: Blank-check stem cells - Governor missed chance with state loan

By Sacramento Bee, Sacramento Bee | 07.24.2006

Embryonic stem cell research would seem to be an all-or-nothing proposition. Either you oppose use of embryos for medical science...

Policies

Chasing Chromosomes: Selecting for Sex

By Katherine Seligman, San Francisco Chronicle Sunday Magazine | 07.23.2006
"These sperm are hot to trot and there are a lot," says Dr. Glenn Zorn as he peers into the...

Beliefs

By PETER STEINFELS, New York Times | 07.22.2006
Biologically, embryonic stem cells are pluripotent _ capable of developing in any number of directions. The same might be said...
Stem Cells

State Takes Lead in Stem Cell Efforts

By Lee Romney, Los Angeles Times | 07.21.2006
A day after President Bush's veto, the governor orders a $150-million loan to kick-start research now stalled by litigation.

SAN...
Stem Cells