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
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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U.S. States
he jiankui in a light blue button up standing in front of a lab. The background is blurred

Scientist who edited babies’ genes says he acted ‘too quickly’

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 02.04.2023

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Other Countries

Techno-eugenics: Two Books and a Movie, Reviewed

By Pete Shanks | 02.02.2023
Biopolitical Times
Genetic Selection
a scientist performing gene editing

After a decade, CRISPR gene editing is a 'revolution in progress.' What does the future hold?

By Karen Weintraub, USA Today | 01.30.2023

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
a genome of all the races

The human genome needs updating. But how do we make it fair?

By Ida Emilie Steinmark, The Guardian | 01.29.2023

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Society
an old poster that says "stop forced sterilization"

The Dark History of the Eugenics Movement in Northern California Has Chilling Implications for Today

By Julie Zigoris, The San Francisco Standard | 01.26.2023

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U.S. States