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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High on Selling Hope, Less So on Production of Revolutionary Therapies

By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 06.04.2023

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Synthetic Biology
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‘It’s a vote for hope’: first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy nears approval, but will it work?

By Sara Reardon, Nature | 06.02.2023

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Genomics
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The best books on genetic engineering (including CRISPR) and designer babies

By Françoise Baylis, Shepherd | 06.02.2023

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Society
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New AI tool searches genetic haystacks to find disease-causing variants

By Mark Johnson, The Washington Post | 06.01.2023

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Genomics
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A major group of family genealogists apologizes for past racism

By Sydney Trent, The Washington Post | 05.31.2023

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Society
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Cells, Not DNA, Are The Master Architects Of Life

By Alfonso Martinez Arias, Noema | 05.30.2023

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Genetic Selection
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Eugenics influenced the formulation of the European Convention on Human Rights

By Torsten Hjelmar, The European Times | 05.27.2023

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Global Governance
a blue graphic composed of test tubes on the bottom left an egg in the top right and a scientist in the bottom right poking the egg with a needle.

Creating a sperm or egg from any cell? Reproduction revolution on the horizon

By Rob Stein, NPR | 05.27.2023

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Assisted Reproduction