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Patents for Genetically Engineered Chimps 'Perverse'by Daniel Mason, Public Service EuropeOctober 22nd, 2012A coalition of European public interest groups brands three patents for genetically engineered chimpanzees "perverse."

Commercial Surrogacy Grows in Indiaby Stephanie M. Lee, San Francisco ChronicleOctober 20th, 2012Critics worry that the mostly unregulated industry is rife with potential health and legal complications for the intended parents and surrogates alike.

Freezing Human Eggs for In Vitro Fertilization No Longer Experimental Procedure[with CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]by Margaret Warner, PBS NewshourOctober 19th, 2012Two differing views on the medical and ethical implications of freezing eggs for infertility treatment.

Freezing Eggs To Make Babies Later Moves Toward Mainstream[With CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]by Rob Stein, NPR Morning EditionOctober 19th, 2012The fertility industry organization says that freezing women's eggs should no longer be considered experimental. Women's health experts and bioethicists respond.

Colman Chadam, California Boy, Ordered To Transfer Schools For Carrying Cystic Fibrosis Gene Huffington PostOctober 18th, 2012An 11-year-old has been ordered to leave his current school because of his genetic makeup. His parents are taking the issue to court.

Stem Cell Controversies #2, #3, and #4: Some Careers (But Not All) Seem to Be Immortalby Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesOctober 18th, 2012Michael West and Thomas Okarma want to take back Geron; Glenn McGee seems to have moved to Europe; and a Japanese fraud's career is over.

Should We Screen Kids’ Brains and Genes To ID Future Criminals?by Gary Marchant, SlateOctober 17th, 2012Intervention might help save troubled kids. But the label could doom them.

Research Firm Reaped Stem Cell Funds Despite Panel's Adviceby Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles TimesOctober 17th, 2012StemCells Inc. has had rather a charmed relationship with California's publicly funded stem cell program, with some $40 million in awards approved this year.

Anatomy of a Webpage, Part 2: Preconception Servicesby George Estreich, Biopolitical Times guest contributorOctober 17th, 2012People living with genetic diseases become medicalized abstractions of risk and defect in the slick marketing of fetal gene tests. More than a matter of semantics, such simplification has negative consequences for all.

Craig Venter Imagines a World with Printable Life Formsby Daniela Hernandez, WiredOctober 16th, 2012Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it, and presto! Contagion averted.

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