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These days, it’s a rare scientist who would admit to working in eugenics.

The word conjures historical horrors: mass sterilization of people judged unfit to reproduce, state anti-miscegenation laws, and Germany’s justification for the...

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The Biopolitical Times reported this month that the California stem cell and gene therapy program “seems to be in serious trouble.”

 “On first glance, it may look impressive, with over a thousand patients...

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By Ilya Gridneff, Emily Schultheis and Dmytro Drabyk , Politico [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.23.2023

KYIV, Ukraine  When Tanya, a 45-year-old woman living in Los Angeles, paid $10,000 and sent two embryos to...

DNA strand
By Rob Stein, NPR [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.15.2023

Photo by Sangharsh Lohakare on Unsplash

On a cloudy day on a gritty side street near the shore of San...

a hand holding a pregnancy test with many other pregnancy tests surrounding it
By Tracy Lowe, Parentology [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 06.21.2023

If you could choose the healthiest embryo to carry so that your future child could avoid deadly diseases, would you...

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By Alexandre Piquard, Le Monde [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.13.2023

Après une période assez défensive dans le secteur de la tech, des dirigeants comme Sam Altman, le père de ChatGPT...

a graphic featuring test tubes and gametes
By Karen Weintraub, USA Today [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 04.23.2023

Scientists are getting closer to the possibility of making a new person from skin or blood cells – without the need for...

IVF with the cells in the embryo in the shape of a question mark
By Natasha Mitchell, ABC [feat. CGS' Katie Hasson] | 03.17.2023

Chinese scientist Dr Jiankui He flouted the law and bioethics basics to create the world's first CRISPR gene edited babies...

A wrench on top of the human genome to symbolize gene editing
By Grace Browne, Wired [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 03.17.2023

Last Week in London, a small group of protestors braved it out in the rain in front of the Francis...

a woman in a lab coat looks at DNA under a microscope
By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.06.2023

Hundreds of scientists, doctors, bioethicists, patients, and others started gathering in London Monday for the Third International Summit on Human...