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Discover magazine sets a new bar for pufferyby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesAugust 20th, 2008An interview with Robert Lanza of Advanced Cell Technology in the latest issue of Discover sets a new standard for "puff piece."

This Week in the Newsby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesAugust 15th, 2008A brief roundup of this week's news.

Washington Post: Inadequate supply of Viking sperm a crisis for successful single womenby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesAugust 14th, 2008How reasonable are the expectations and disappointments of a woman, featured on the front page of the Washington Post, who's having difficulty obtaining a second sample of sperm from the Danish man who sired her first child?

Cloning Canine Patriotism?by Marcy Darnovsky, Biopolitical TimesJuly 11th, 2008Hwang Woo Suk's dog cloning company is running online auctions and a "Golden Clone Giveaway" essay contest. Fortunately, the media are mostly ignoring the hype.

In the News this Weekby Marcy Darnovsky, Biopolitical TimesJuly 4th, 2008

In the News this Weekby Jesse Reynolds, Biopolitical TimesJune 20th, 2008

Back From the Dead: What Dog Cloning Means for Our Human Futureby Osagie K. Obasogie, AlternetJune 16th, 2008Brought to you by BioArts International, a Northern California biotech startup, man and his dead best friend can now be, as the company's marketing slogan states, "Best Friends Again." And again. And again . . .

Henry Louis Gates Jr. Interviews James Watsonby Osagie Obasogie, Biopolitical TimesJune 9th, 2008Race scholar Henry Louis Gates Jr., who has filmed two documentaries on race, genetics, and ancestry while also founding a DNA ancestry company, was troubled by Watson’s seemingly pernicious use of race and genetics....This led Gates to interview Watson to, in a sense, determine whether he’s a bigot.