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 Racist Origins of America’s Broken Immigration System

By Felipe De La Hoz, The New Republic | 05.01.2024

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U.S. Federal
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The Far Right’s Campaign to Explode the Population

By Gaby Del Valle, Politico | 04.28.2024

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Bioethics
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Inside the opaque world of IVF, where errors are rarely made public

By Lenny Bernstein and Yeganeh Torbati, The Washington Post | 04.28.2024

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Policies
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‘Eugenics on steroids’: the toxic and contested legacy of Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute

By Andrew Anthony, The Guardian | 04.28.2024

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Society

End of the Future of Humanity

By Pete Shanks | 04.25.2024
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification
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A woman with failing kidneys receives genetically modified pig organs

By Rob Stein, NPR | 04.24.2024

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Animal Biotechnologies
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Generative A.I. Arrives in the Gene Editing World of CRISPR

By Cade Metz, The New York Times | 04.22.2024

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Human Genetic Modification
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Prime editing deal flurry to nail down patent rights

By Carrie Arnold, Nature Biotechnology | 04.17.2024

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Human Genetic Modification