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
As genetic technologies merge with forensics, medicine, and human reproduction, renewed eugenic temptations are arising. The prospect of heritable genetic...
Late last year, scientist He Jiankui announced the birth of the world’s first genetically modified babies. He deployed a...
The fierce global controversy over whether to alter the genes of future children and generations just got fiercer. On the...
In the News
Discovering your genetic history can be as simple as spitting into a test tube, but what happens when your data...
When venture capitalist Jack Abraham first began dating his wife, Gabriella Massamillo, he insisted on one condition: that when they...
2023 was an important year for patients with sickle cell disease. Prior to CRISPR, the only cure for...
Biopolitical Times
The Third International Summit on Human Genome Editing, scheduled for March 7-9 in London, has now been postponed to...
The watchdog group Public Citizen published a report on October 19 titled Pfizer’s Power. It is a devastating indictment...
An organization of scientists is recommending that limitations on several experimental and controversial research procedures – including heritable genome editing...