Katie Hasson
Katie Hasson, PhD, writes, speaks, researches, and teaches about the social and political aspects of human genetic and reproductive technologies. Katie earned her PhD in Sociology with a Designated Emphasis in Women, Gender, and Sexuality from the University of California, Berkeley, and was previously Assistant Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the University of Southern California.
Publications
In response to: https://www.liebertpub.com/doi/10.1089/crispr.2021.29121.gle
Levrier apparently misunderstands the nature of our project published in The CRISPR Journal in October 2020...
The “CRISPR babies” announced in headlines around the world recently turned two years old, and we still know nothing about...
Abstract
Discussions and debates about the governance of human germline and heritable genome editing should be informed by a clear...
In the News
A young couple wants to have a baby, but they’re worried it’ll carry a disease that runs in the family...
The National Health Research Ethics Council (NHREC) has confirmed that heritable human genome editing (HHGE) remains illegal in South Africa...
A little-noticed change to South Africa’s national health research guidelines, published in May of this year, has put the...
Biopolitical Times
This month’s gene therapy news includes celebrations of promising new developments running beside gloomy takes on the future of the...
In a much-anticipated move, US regulators have approved two new gene therapies for sickle cell disease. On December 8...
Any coverage of heritable genome editing since 2018 has to include discussion of the reckless experiments of He Jiankui and...
Talks and Testimonies
This podcast discussion peeks into the world projected by J.D. Lasica in his new genetics thriller novel, Biohack. Bioethics...
Jesse Mulligan, from RNZ radio in New Zealand talks to CGS' own Katie Hasson regarding how many New Zealanders have sent off...
The Center for Genetics and Society receives numerous invitations to speak in person and via video link to high school...