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Another profile of the CRISPR-babies guy: What The New Yorker adds to the story—and leaves out

By Katie Hasson | 09.29.2023

Any coverage of heritable genome editing since 2018 has to include discussion of the reckless experiments of He Jiankui and...

Global Governance

Natalism and Hipster Eugenics

By Pete Shanks | 09.21.2023

^{Front page of the Natal Conference website}

Last November, this blog published a piece with the title “Hipster Eugenics...

Global Governance

Book Review: Mud, Blood, and Ghosts: Populism, Eugenics, and Spiritualism in the American West

By Gabriela Corona Valencia, Guest Contributor | 08.22.2023

^{book cover photo from University of Nebraska Press}

How responsible are we for the supremacist legacies left behind by our...

Society

A Dangerous Idea: Eugenics in America

View a recording of the February 25, 2021 event sponsored by the San Francisco Asian Art Museum: With film clips and discussion, this DEAI series workshop explores a dangerous idea that has threatened the American Dream from the beginning: the belief that some groups and individuals are inherently superior to others and more deserving of fundamental rights.

Human Genetic Modification

Use Gene Editing to Treat Patients, Not Design Babies

On January 29, 2020, Marcy Darnovsky spoke to an audience of 600 in Santa Barbara at TEDxLagunaBlanca. Her talk was...

Technologies

Assisted Reproduction

Human Genetic Modification

Global Governance

Bioethics

Biopolitics

CRISPR: What is the future of gene editing? | Start Here

This episode of the Al Jazeera video series Start Here features an interview with CGS Program Director on Genetic Justice, Katie Hasson.

Technologies

Human Genetic Modification

Global Governance

Bioethics

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Talks and Testimonies

Reproduction and Family Formation: The State and the Market

By Emily Galpern | 09.28.2023

CGS Consultant Emily Galpern spoke at the Black Women for Wellness Reproductive Justice Conference in August 2023 about...

Bioethics

As It Happens: Friday Edition - 23andme Pharma

When you send your saliva to 23andme, you can get all kinds of genetic information — but now that it's...

Media Coverage

DESIGNER BABIES, CRISPR & GENETIC ENGINEERING

Are designer babies going to become a reality in the near future?

On this episode Cormac speaks to former NASA...

Human Genetic Modification

Reports

Infographic created by Surrogacy360 on the operations of international surrogacy

International Commercial Surrogacy - Defining Risks and Driving Change [Surrogacy360]

The California Stem Cell Program at One Year: A Progress Report [PDF]

This comprehensive progress report critically evaluates the first year of the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM), the agency running...

Next Steps for Stem Cell Research and Related Policies [PDF]

The Center for Genetics and Society met on January 2 with members of the new administration's transition team to discuss...

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