Technologies

Will Putin Prevent Rebrikov from Attempting Heritable Genome Editing?

By Pete Shanks | 10.08.2019

Biopolitical Times

The Russian molecular biologist who wants to edit the genomes of human embryos is getting impatient with authorities who won't yet let him go ahead.

Policies

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

Aggregated News

The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin collecting genetic data on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.

Genomics

Despite Calls for a Moratorium, More ‘Three-Parent’ Babies Expected Soon

By Emily Mullin, One Zero | 09.16.2019

Aggregated News

At least 10 babies have been born to apparently infertile women as a result of a controversial in vitro fertilization...

Assisted Reproduction

Can gene editing drive out HIV and hepatitis viruses from inside cells?

By Cormac Sheridan, Nature Biotechnology | 10.30.2023

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification

Engineering CRISPR Cures: An Interview with Fyodor Urnov

By Jonathan D. Grinstein, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 10.27.2023

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Genetic Selection

a person in a lab coat looks through a microscope

What If Men Could Make Their Own Egg Cells?

By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.27.2023

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Assisted Reproduction

a test tube with "DNA TEST" written on it, held by a gloved hand

From a Fledgling Genetic Science, A Murky Market for Predictions

By Ashley Smart, Undark | 10.27.2023

Aggregated News

Genetic Selection

Giant sloths and woolly mammoths: Mining past creatures’ DNA for future antibiotics

By Jason Mast , STAT | 10.25.2023

Aggregated News

Animal Biotechnologies

Infertility gets a new, expanded definition to address ‘the reality of all’ seeking care, medical group says

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 10.23.2023

Aggregated News

Society

Verve’s base editing hold lifted, starting a thaw on a regulatory blockade that sent peers ex-US

By Annalee Armstrong and Max Bayer, Fierce Biotech | 10.23.2023

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification

Most of today’s gene therapies rely on viruses — and that’s a problem

By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News | 10.20.2023

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Human Genetic Modification