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

Groundbreaking principles on heritable genome editing bring social justice voices to the fore

By Emily Galpern, Guest Contributor | 02.14.2024
Biopolitical Times
Global Governance
23andme tests

23andMe Admits ‘Mining’ Your DNA Data Is Its Last Hope

By Thomas Germain, Gizmodo | 02.13.2024

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Society

Transhumanism in Practice: Don’t Do It

By Pete Shanks | 02.13.2024
Biopolitical Times
A "Post-Human" Future?
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Ethics of germline genome editing to prevent genetic diseases from an Islamic perspective

By Sayyed Muhsin and Alexis Heng Boon Chin , BioNews | 02.12.2024

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Bioethics

Why the Newest Lindbergh Baby Conspiracy Theory Isn’t All That Out There from a Disability History Perspective

By Emily Beitiks, Guest Contributor | 02.09.2024
Biopolitical Times
Eugenics
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Gene therapy at CHOP allowed a deaf boy to hear. But some deaf people object to the treatment.

By Tom Avril, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 02.08.2024

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Patents & Other IP
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Scientists develop a low-cost device to make cell therapy safer

By Adam Zewe, MIT News | 02.07.2024

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Stem Cells
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Inside the Fight for Indigenous Data Sovereignty

By Kate Nelson, Atmos | 02.06.2024

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