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

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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

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

By Emily Mullin, One Zero | 09.16.2019

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

Assisted Reproduction
a scientist looking at genes

Over the counter genetic tests in UK ‘fail to identify 89%’ of those at serious risk

By Denis Campbell and Nonyelum Anigbo, The Guardian | 10.17.2023

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Genetic Selection
babies in the hospital

‘Babies Are Good. More Babies Are Better’: Pro-Natalism Takes Center Stage in Austin

By Shoshanna Ehrlich, Ms. Magazine | 10.17.2023

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Bioethics
A fertility clinic operating room

This biotech CEO decided to take her own (fertility) medicine

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.16.2023

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Assisted Reproduction
synthetic embryos

What the Law and Bioethics Tell Us About Synthetic Human Embryos

By Barbara Pfeffer Billauer, Bill of Health | 10.13.2023

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Assisted Reproduction

AI, Biotech, and the Race to Control the Future

By Pete Shanks | 10.12.2023
Biopolitical Times
Policies

“Whether” or never: Reproductive genome editing in humans

By Isabelle Bartram, Guest Contributor | 10.10.2023
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification
23andme test package

23andMe user data targeting Ashkenazi Jews leaked online

By Kevin Collier, NBC News | 10.07.2023

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Genomics
a crumpled $100 bill on someone's hand

Gene therapies for rare diseases are under threat. Scientists hope to save them

By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 10.06.2023

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Society