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
red blood cells

Gene therapy at $3.5m a dose approved for US adults with hemophilia B

By Edward Helmore, The Guardian | 11.23.2022

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Policies
two identical cats

'Genetics ain't everything': You can clone your dog or cat, but should you?

By Craig Miller, Morningstar | 11.22.2022

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Animal Biotechnologies
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The Realities of Race in Assisted Reproduction

By Melissa Harris-Perry, WNYC Studios | 11.17.2022

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Civil Society
genome sequencing against disease

Can Super Babies Save the World?

By Julia Black, Insider | 11.17.2022

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Genetic Selection
elderly white hands

Inside the billion-dollar meeting for the mega-rich who want to live forever

By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 11.16.2022

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Society
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Cops Might Already Have Your DNA, Without Your Consent

By Albert Fox Cahn, The Daily Beast | 11.14.2022

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U.S. Federal
a hand in a lab coat removes a piece from a DNA strand on a pink background

This toddler is the first to have been treated for her disease before she was born

By Jessica Hamzelou, MIT Technology Review | 11.11.2022

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Bioethics
double helix DNA on a blue and green background

She was convicted of killing her four children. Could a gene mutation set her free?

By Nicky Phillips, Nature | 11.09.2022

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Society