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

A Sandbox for Designer Babies?

By Pete Shanks | 02.23.2023
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification

End of an Error?

By Pete Shanks | 02.20.2023
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification
A cartoon drawing of a scientist looking at a DNA double helix on a purple background

Paul Berg, pioneer in gene splicing who led way for biotech, dies at 96

By Brian Murphy, The Washington Post | 02.18.2023

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Genomics
drawing of three human bodies with a DNA strand across each body

The American Society of Human Genetics Struggles to Face Its Past

By Robert Resta and Diane B. Paul, The DNA Exchange | 02.15.2023

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Genomics
a realistic drawing of a dodo bird.

Dodo 'de-extinction' announcement causes conservation debate

By James Ashworth, Natural History Museum | 02.15.2023

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Animal Biotechnologies
He Jiankui at his panel in 2018

Disgraced CRISPR-baby scientist’s ‘publicity stunt’ frustrates researchers

By Smriti Mallapaty, Nature [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.12.2023

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Society

The transhumanist philosopher, Silicon Valley money, and lab-made gametes

By Jennifer Denbow, Guest Contributor | 02.09.2023
Biopolitical Times
Assisted Reproduction
a white dna strand over a red medical cross

California and the Multimillion-Dollar Costs of Gene Therapies that the State is Helping to Finance

By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 02.05.2023

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