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Challenging the Legacies of Eugenics in Science, Medicine, and Technology

By CGS | 04.17.2024

Biopolitical Times

CGS is excited to announce the launch of a new anti-eugenics initiative that has been years in the making. Legacies of Eugenics in Science, Medicine, and Technology kicks off with a monthly essay series published at the Los Angeles Review of Books that will expose and contest the reemergence of eugenic ideas in contemporary health sciences, human biotechnology, public health, and medicine. Community and campus-based events featuring the authors are also being planned. The project is a collaboration among CGS...

Society

Who deserves to have a baby?

By Neel Shah, The Preprint | 04.11.2024

Aggregated News

Years ago, I interviewed for a residency position at The Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore. Standing before the domed Victorian building at the campus entrance, I couldn’t help but be in awe of the history of the place, the great...

U.S. States

‘All of Us’ research project diversifies the storehouse of genetic knowledge

By Rob Stein, NPR | 03.07.2024

Aggregated News

A big federal research project aimed at reducing racial disparities in genetic research has unveiled the program's first major trove of results.

"This is a huge deal," says Dr. Joshua Denny, who runs the All of Us program at...

U.S. Federal

‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race

By Max Kozlov, Nature | 02.23.2024

Aggregated News

Some geneticists have expressed their unease about a figure in a high-profile Nature paper that was published earlier this week¹, noting that it could be misinterpreted as reinforcing racist beliefs. The figure has reignited a long-standing debate among...

Public Opinion

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