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Technologies

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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

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The integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in the biotech industry seems boundless. Its combination with CRISPR could be the one...

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Since its discovery in the early 1940s, epigenetics has been established as a key driver of human development, health, aging...

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It is hard to make predictions, especially about the future, as Yogi Berra, Niels...

Policies

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The planned deregulation of new GMOs (new genomic techniques, NGTs) in the EU would...

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As Donald Trump’s return to the White House looms, dismantling the most dangerous weapons in the arsenal of executive power...

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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

Scientist examining DNA

 

Lucy Landman was born with a very rare genetic disorder that causes severe intellectual disability, weak muscles and seizures...

Society

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The first time Jamie Cassidy was pregnant, the fetus had a genetic mutation so devastating that she and her husband...

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Lisa Holligan already had two children when she decided to try for another baby. Her first two pregnancies had come...

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Ten pregnant women and three others with their babies were repatriated to the Philippines after being pardoned by the Royal...

Perspectives

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Mia used to say she’d never do in vitro fertilization. It’s a detail that feels significant now, looking back on...

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Following an annual CGS tradition, we present a selection of our favorite Biopolitical Times posts...

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As more people access fertility services in their journeys to becoming parents, Toronto Metropolitan University professor Katie Hammond says the...

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A single cell.
A global business worth billions.
A trade that can bring rewards—or human costs that cannot be measured...