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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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Patents based on traditional knowledge are often ‘biopiracy’. A new international treaty will finally combat this

By Miri (Margaret) Raven, Alana Gall, Bibi Barba, and Daniel Robinson, The Conversation | 06.02.2024

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Expert: Blaming Greenpeace for blocking Golden Rice is “sleazy sleight of hand”

By Claire Robinson and Jonathan Matthews, GMWatch | 06.02.2024

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Other Countries
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It Is Too Soon for Clinical Trials on Artificial Wombs

By Vardit Ravitsky and Louise King, Scientific American | 06.01.2024

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Assisted Reproduction
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Scientists Find the Largest Known Genome Inside a Small Plant

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 05.31.2024

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Genomics
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Scientists Just Inched Closer to Lab-Made Human Eggs and Sperm

By Shelly Fan, Singularity Hub | 05.31.2024

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Animal Biotechnologies
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For Some Families of Color, a Painful Fight for a Cystic Fibrosis Diagnosis

By Liz Szabo, The New York Times | 05.29.2024

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Bioethics
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Cleaning the ‘Bangladeshi’: DNA and citizenship in contemporary India

By Suraj Gogoi, News Laundry | 05.28.2024

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Today, ‘disability justice is reproductive justice’ — but that hasn’t always been the case

By Sara Luterman, The 19th News | 05.23.2024

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