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Could Human Enhancement Turn Soldiers Into Weapons That Violate International Law? Yesby Patrick Lin, The AtlanticJanuary 4th, 2013New technologies reveal ambiguities and hidden assumptions in international humanitarian law.

Biotech's 10 Biggest PR Disasters of 2012GMWatchDecember 31st, 20122012 was the year the lights came up on the biotech industry. Its claims, its tactics and its products all came under scrutiny and some of its biggest PR fairytales bit the dust. Here are some prime examples.

FDA Moves Closer to Approval of GMO Fish, Critics Outragedby Carey Gillam, ReutersDecember 21st, 2012A controversial genetically engineered salmon has moved a step closer to the consumer's dining table after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said the fish didn't appear likely to pose a threat.

Of Monsters and Menby George Estreich, Biopolitical Times guest contributor, Biopolitical TimesNovember 29th, 2012The Amazing Spider-Man’s focus on genetic modification is more than incidental.

Synthetic Biology and the Rise of the 'Spider-Goats'by Adam Rutherford, The Guardian [UK]January 14th, 2012"Synthetic organisms at this point should not be out there in the environment; they shouldn't be out there in industry. That's irresponsible and inappropriate."

Chimeric Monkeys Born in Stem Cell Studyby Dan Vergano, USA TodayJanuary 5th, 2012Biologists report the first monkey "chimeras," born from mixtures of very-early stage embryonic cells.

Which Came First the Chicken or the Dinosaur?...Think Againby Emily Beitiks, Biopolical TimesOctober 12th, 2011Paleontologist John Horner wants to create a living dinosaur by “reverse evolving” the chicken.

German Ethics Council Weighs In On Human-Animal Chimerasby Gretchen Vogel, Science InsiderSeptember 27th, 2011A new report by the German Ethics Council addresses the ethics of human-animal mixtures and recommends that certain practices be forbidden.

New rules urged on hybrid animal-human experimentsby Ben Hirschler, ReutersJuly 21st, 2011A group of leading British researchers say that scientific experiments that insert human genes or cells into animals need new rules to ensure they are ethically acceptable.

Researchers produce two-father mice babies, and bait the hype trap by Marcy Darnovsky, Biopolitical TimesDecember 14th, 2010Scientists fuel sensationalist speculation about reproductive methods for gay families.

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