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.
In the News
2023 was an important year for patients with sickle cell disease. Prior to CRISPR, the only cure for...
Millions of people use genetic testing companies like 23andMe to learn more about their ancestry and health. But a new...
Persuadés que notre espèce est en train de disparaître, Malcom et Simone Collins, un couple américain en attente de son...
Biopolitical Times
Even if you’re not familiar with the gene-editing technology CRISPR Cas-9, you’ve probably heard the term designer babies. Until...
August 14, 2019, marked the first meeting of another committee on heritable genome editing that is composed mostly of scientists...
Has a commentary in Nature shifted the landscape of the debate about editing the genomes of future children? Or will...