Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

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The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin collecting genetic data on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.
Genomics

A New Book Offers an Introduction to the Ethical Dimensions of Germline Gene Editing

By Adam Hayden, Science | 09.30.2019

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With Altered Inheritance, bioethicist Françoise Baylis has authored a vivid call to action that “aims to bridge the divides between theory, science, politics, and practice.”
Human Genetic Modification

It’s Past Time to Compensate Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization

By Emily Galpern | 09.25.2019
Biopolitical Times
Each passing year, more people die who would be eligible for reparations after involuntary sterilization in California.
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Dr. Stuart Newman: “It Seems to Me That We Are Headed for A Techno-Eugenic Future”

By Mohsen Abdelmoumen, American Herald Tribune | 09.05.2019

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Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies
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The legacy of eugenics

By Sheila Kaplan, UC Berkeley School of Public Health | 06.20.2024

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Human Genetic Modification
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Journals that published Richard Lynn’s racist ‘research’ articles should retract them

By Dan Samorodnitsky, Kevin Bird, Jedidiah Carlson, James Lingford, Jon Phillips, Rebecca Sear, and Cathryn Townsend, STAT | 06.20.2024

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Eugenics
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A New Podcast About Gene Therapy Is Set To Premiere On World Sickle Cell Day

By Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence | 06.18.2024

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Biopolitics
stem cell

Nature retracts highly cited 2002 paper that claimed adult stem cells could become any type of cell

By Ellie Kincaid, Retraction Watch | 06.18.2024

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Stem Cells

How Long Will the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine Survive?

By Pete Shanks | 06.17.2024
Biopolitical Times
Policies
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Sam Bankman-Fried funded a group with racist ties. FTX wants its $5m back

By Jason Wilson and Ali Winston, The Guardian | 06.16.2024

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Biopolitics
stem cells

Some hawking stem cells say they can treat almost anything. They can’t

By Heather Hollingsworth, Associated Press | 06.15.2024

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Stem Cells
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Senate Republicans block bill on women’s right to IVF as Democrats make push on reproductive care

By Stephen Groves, Associated Press | 06.13.2024

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Policies