Newsletter

Talking Biopolitics promotional ad, featuring Shobita Parthasarathy, the cover of her latest book, Patent Politics: Life Forms, Markets, and the Public Interest in the United States and Europe, andTania Simoncelli

November 2017

Revisiting GATTACA in the Era of Trump | Talking Biopolitics Explores "Patent Politics" 

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October 2017

CRISPR Embryo Research - Do Context and Intentions Matter? | Surrogacy in Bollywood and US Tabloids

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September 2017

Questionable Claims on CRISPR'd Embryos | Rogue Fertility Doctor Denounced | Netflix Series Gets IVF Right

A human oocyte is held by a glass holding pipette (left). A beveled glass pipette containing an immobilized ejaculated spermatozoon is inserted through the zona pellucida and deep into the oolemma, creating a deep furrow. Once the membrane of the oocyte is penetrated, the sperm is deposited therein.

August 2017

Gene-Edited Embryos for Reproduction? | FDA Reprimands Notorious Fertility Doctor

Microscopic image of intracytoplasmic sperm injection

July 2017

Talking Biopolitics Begins | Rogue Fertility Doctor Aims for Designer Babies | Fixing Genes won't Fix Us

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June 2017

Repro Justice & Gene Editing | CGS in India | CRISPR Accuracy Questioned | UK Egg-sharing Scandal

New logo of the Center for Genetics and Society, featuring three overlapping circles.

May 2017

Gene Editing and Disability Justice / 23andWho? / 3-person IVF

Robotic hands are typing on a computer's keyboard.

April 2017

Blinded by Stem Cells / Gene Editing / 3-Person IVF

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March 2017

Does New Report Open Door to Gene Editing for Human Reproduction?

A wooden-like figure of a child builds a colorful tower of blocks. The child sits in a background surrounded by white and black checkered flooring.

February 2017

How to Watch the Biggest Science Story of 2017 / A conversation on disability justice & human genetic engineering

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December 2016

The Year in Review / Change & Upheaval on the Biopolitical Landscape

November 2016

3-Person IVF Baby Race | Germline Editing Ethics and Policy | Lifestyle Fertility Marketing

Embryo Cell

October 2016

Are GM Babies Crawling Closer? / CRISPR & Bad Blood / Race, IQ, Genetics

CRISPR Cover Story Collage, which includes MIT Tech Review (with a white baby's face), The Economist (with image featuring a white baby playing with baby blocks of ATCG and arrows pointing to body parts describing enhanced features), TIme magazine, The Spectator, Nature, and Wired.

September 2016

Victory on CA Eggs-for-Research Bill / Gene Editing Changes Everything? / Jobs at CGS

Ice Crystals inside of a bowl.

August 2016

Debating CRISPR for Reproduction / Expanding CA's Market in Eggs? / Scrutiny of US Stem Cell Clinics

The American and British flag are super imposed and split onto each other. The American flag is on the left, with the British flag on the bottom right.

July 2016

CRISPR Bébés / New Questions on 3P-IVF / Gene Drives / Speed Limits / "Schizophrenic Felon" Sperm