News

Can doctors test embryos for autism? And should they?

By Brittany Luse, Liam McBain, and Neena Pathak, NPR [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.28.2025

A newly available kind of genetic testing, called polygenic embryo screening, promises to screen for conditions that can include cancer, obesity, autism, bipolar disorder, even celiac disease. These conditions are informed by many genetic variants and environmental factors - so...

Genetic Selection

Why Deleting Your 23andMe Data Is a Political Imperative

By Katie Sagaser, The DNA Exchange | 05.27.2025

Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this piece are solely my own and do not represent those of my employer, past or present, or any affiliated institutions. This content is provided for general informational purposes only and does not...

U.S. Federal

USA : la politique pro nataliste de Trump et Musk

By M. Genries, A. Cohen, and L. Mareschal, Franceinfo | 05.03.2025

"Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the South Point Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada"...

U.S. Federal

Trumpian “Common Sense” and the History of IQ Tests

By Pepper Stetler, Los Angeles Review of Books | 05.08.2025

"Donald Trump Signs The Pledge" by Michael Vadon 
is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.

This is...

Society
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Nobel Prize winners convince court to revive CRISPR patent dispute

By Blake Brittain, Reuters | 05.12.2025

The University of California and the University of Vienna on Monday convinced a U.S. appeals court to revive their bid...

Policies
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Colossal Bioscience’s attempt to de-extinct the dire wolf is a dangerously deceptive publicity stunt

By David Coltman, Carson Mitchell, Liam Alastair Wayde Carter, and Tommy Galfano, The Conversation | 05.12.2025

Colossal Biosciences, a Texas-based biotech company, made headlines this April after falsely claiming to resurrect the extinct dire wolf...

Animal Biotechnologies
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The GOP’s Resurgence Of Pro-Natalism Looks A Lot Like The Past

By Alanna Vagianos, HuffPost | 05.09.2025

President Donald Trump is reportedly entertaining policy proposals to incentivize American women to have more children. But the proposals don’t...

Other Countries
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A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse

By Cade Metz and Karen Weise, The New York Times | 05.05.2025

Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several...

Patents & Other IP
Robert F Kennedy Jr.

‘A slippery slope to eugenics’: advocates reject RFK Jr’s national autism database

By Melody Schreiber, The Guardian | 05.05.2025

"Robert F. Kennedy Jr." by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons licensed under CC by SA 3.0

Autism researchers and advocates...

Bioethics
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A.I. Is Getting More Powerful, but Its Hallucinations Are Getting Worse

By Cade Metz and Karen Weise, The New York Times | 05.05.2025

Last month, an A.I. bot that handles tech support for Cursor, an up-and-coming tool for computer programmers, alerted several...

Patents & Other IP
eugenics poster

Maga’s era of ‘soft eugenics’: let the weak get sick, help the clever breed

By Derek Beres, The Guardian | 05.04.2025

English polymath Francis Galton formulated the concept of eugenics in 1883. Inspired by animal breeding, Galton encouraged people with...

Society
Photo of JD Vance and Giorgia Meloni

Fascist Population Engineering: Yes to White Christian Births, No to Immigrants and LGBTQ Families

By Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Lucid | 05.02.2025

Photo of JD Vance and Giorgia Meloni from the 
Office of the Vice President of the United States

$5000 bonuses...

Bioethics