http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/ The Center for Genetics and Society works for thoughtful consideration, responsible uses, and effective governance of genetic, reproductive, and other biotechnologies. http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4748 <div class="text blurb">Given our unfortunate history of linking biological understandings of race to racial hierarchy, new technologies may revive old theories of race.</div> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4748 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4747 <div class="text blurb">California's stem cell agency fights back against a call for reform by the state's independent "good government" agency-and threatens a lawsuit.</div> Wed, 01 Jul 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4747 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org//downloads/2009_Darnovsky_Democracy.pdf <div class="text blurb">Some progressives came to discount the importance of regulation and oversight; overlooked conflicts of interest; and shortchanged discussion of the social and moral implications of science policy. Surely this is the wrong approach to a progressive politics of science.</div> http://www.geneticsandsociety.org//downloads/2009_Darnovsky_Democracy.pdf http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4750 <div class="text blurb">A genetic test which can help IVF couples screen embryos for hereditary diseases and have healthy babies could be available within a year.</div> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4750 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4749 <div class="text blurb">There is increasing attention--and controversy--over the storage of and research with blood samples from newborn babies.</div> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4749 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4746 <div class="text blurb">Letters in the New York Times express opposition to drugs in baseball.</div> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4746 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4745 <div class="text blurb">A Florida fertility clinic is recruiting egg donors with an ad in a college newspaper offering cash plus a 3-week trip to India "planned around your academic schedule." </div> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4745 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4744 <div class="text blurb">The new Synthetic Biology Project at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars recently released a report entitled Ethical Issues in Synthetic Biology.</div> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4744 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4743 <div class="text blurb">Hundreds of UK couples travel to the continent every month for fertility treatment because they cannot get it at home.</div> Mon, 29 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4743 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4742 <div class="text blurb">RH Reality Check interviews British author and activist Donna Dickenson.</div> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4742 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4741 <div class="text blurb">New York has become the first state to allow taxpayer-funded researchers to pay women for giving their eggs for cloning-based stem cell research.</div> Thu, 25 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4741 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4738 <div class="text blurb">The editorial board of the Sacramento Bee says that Robert Klein’s term as head of the state's stem cell agency can't end soon enough</div> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4738 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4737 <div class="text blurb">Former Catholics for Choice president Frances Kissling urges pro-choicers to confront tough issues.</div> Wed, 24 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4737 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4736 <div class="text blurb">New York's stem cell program breaks with an international consensus, putting women's health at risk in order to pursue a discredited line of research.</div> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4736 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4735 <div class="text blurb">Another pet-cloning company emerges, with the same principals and the same gimmicks.</div> Tue, 23 Jun 2009 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=4735