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| Hwang Tries for a Comebackby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 5th, 2010Hwang Woo-Suk is making active efforts to salvage his reputation, and to reestablish himself as a force in science. |
| Two More "Lazarus" Projectsby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesFebruary 3rd, 2010Genomics is being used in attempts to revive both the Aurochs and a species of Galápagos tortoise. |
| Looking Back a Decadeby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJanuary 27th, 2010The Center for Genetics and Society has been active for about a decade, and at the start of a new one it seems appropriate to take a look back. |
| Struggling SynBio Gets a Boostby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJanuary 22nd, 2010The tenth anniversary of Synthetic Biology finds a field with mixed prospects, boosted by a new major grant. |
| Nudging the Discourse?by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJanuary 8th, 2010The Popular Mechanics article misleadingly titled "How to Create a Designer Baby" includes a call for regulation of assisted reproduction. |
| Hot Air and Cat Hypeby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesDecember 3rd, 2009Allerca Lifestyle Pets is getting out of the hypoallergenic cat business - if it was ever really in it. |
| Genes and Jobs: U of Akron Tests the Testing Lawsby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesNovember 4th, 2009The University of Akron (UA) has a policy that could require any candidate for employment to submit a DNA sample, despite the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act. |
| Return of the GenRich?by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesOctober 29th, 2009There has been a brief flurry of discussion about future separate species of humans. |
| Hwang is Convictedby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesOctober 27th, 2009Hwang Woo-Suk, the notorious Korean stem-cell and cloning researcher, was given a suspended two-year prison sentence and three years of probation by a Seoul court on Monday. |
| Genotyping Childrenby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesSeptember 29th, 2009Twice in the last few weeks Anne Wojcicki, of 23andMe, has strongly defended genotyping children, an increasingly controversial practice. |
| Lou Hawthorne Quitsby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesSeptember 18th, 2009BioArts, the successor to Genetic Savings and Clone, has stopped selling dog clones. |
| What's in a Name?by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesSeptember 14th, 2009The naming of a new park after noted eugenicist William Shockley has drawn international attention to the small town of Auburn, California. |
| Korean Cloning Updateby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesSeptember 3rd, 2009A cloned wolf has died mysteriously, and other news from Korea. |
| Capitalism 1, Transhumanism 0by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesAugust 31st, 2009Singularity University's first students have revealed the projects for which they are seeking capital, and they backed away from transhumanist or singularitarian ideas. |
| The Gray Areas at the Edges of Regulationby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesAugust 26th, 2009The UK experience with regulation continues to offer lessons, as sperm sellers are arrested, US companies promote sex selection to Britons, and an MP has his DNA removed from the police database. |
| Furry Mathby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesAugust 21st, 2009The South Korean biotechnology company RNL Bio has just made a substantial commitment to commercial dog cloning. |
| Would you like them with a mouse?by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesAugust 3rd, 2009Japanese scientists report that mice have (almost) been fooled into making mammoth eggs. |
| GATTACA Comes to Baseballby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesJuly 24th, 2009Major League Baseball has been using DNA tests on prospects from the Dominican Republic. |
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Pete Shanks, MA, attended Oxford University, where he
studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and moved to California in the
mid-1970s. He has been active in a range of local and international political
movements, while mostly making his living in the publishing industry, especially
on the production side; he enjoys the craft of bookmaking. Appalled by the
eugenic possibilities of biotechnology, he has worked with the Center for
Genetics and Society since its earliest days. He is the author of Human
Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed
(Nation Books) and a regular contributor to Biopolitical Times.
