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

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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
Virus

The gene-edited pig heart given to a dying patient was infected with a pig virus

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 05.04.2022

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Bioethics
a woman holds up a sign protesting sterilization of women

California’s little-known history of eugenics

By Crystal Qian and Elizabeth Cheng, The Epic [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.03.2022

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Human Genetic Modification
cancer cells

A single genetic mutation made humans more susceptible to cancer

By Alice Klein, New Scientist | 05.03.2022

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Genomics
IVF photo

Fertility treatment use is on the rise – new legislation could increase protections for donors and families in an industry shrouded in secrecy

By Naomi Cahn and Sonia Suter, The Conversation | 05.03.2022

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Policies
pregnant Ukrainian woman

‘It’s a Terrible Thing When a Grown Person Does Not Belong to Herself’

By Susan Dominus, The New York Times Magazine | 05.03.2022

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Other Countries
a science building with a model of the human brain and skull made of transparent plastic

As PopSci turns 150, we reflect on the highs and lows of our long history

By Corinne Iozzio, Popular Science | 05.02.2022

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Eugenics
tangle of tree roots

Our Obsession with Ancestry Has Some Twisted Roots

By Maya Jasanoff, The New Yorker | 05.02.2022

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U.S. States
3 dna double helixes of 3 different colors

Substituting genetic ancestry for race in research? Not so fast

By Anna C. F. Lewis, STAT | 05.02.2022

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Genomics