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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Revealing the Smithsonian's 'Racial Brain' Collection

By Nicole Dungca and Claire Healy, The Washington Post | 08.14.2023

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Bioethics
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AI Causes Real Harm. Let’s Focus on That over the End-of-Humanity Hype

By Emily M. Bender and Alex Hanna, Scientific American | 08.12.2023

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Society
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Why an Unremarkable Racist Enjoyed the Backing of Billionaires

By Jamelle Bouie, The New York Times | 08.12.2023

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Biopolitics
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China’s sitting on a goldmine of genetic data – and it doesn’t want to share

By Jessie Yeung, CNN | 08.12.2023

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Policies
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These Women Tried to Warn Us About AI

By Lorena O'Neill, Rolling Stone | 08.12.2023

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A "Post-Human" Future?
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Henrietta Lacks’s family sues another pharmaceutical company

By Clarence Williams, The Washington Post | 08.10.2023

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U.S. States
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After 25 years of hype, embryonic stem cells are still waiting for their moment

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.09.2023

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Stem Cells
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CRISPR causes serious DNA damage with high frequency – but it’s often overlooked

By Claire Robinson, GMWatch | 08.09.2023

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Genetic Selection