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Let's compensate victims of California's forced sterilization program — quickly, before they die

By The Times Editorial Board, Los Angeles Times | 05.18.2018

Aggregated News

As appalling as it sounds today, the practice of sterilizing mentally ill women and men to prevent them from passing on their supposedly defective genes was routine and accepted across the United States in the first half of the 20th...

Eugenics

Forensic DNA and the “Golden State Killer”

By Pete Shanks | 05.02.2018
Biopolitical Times
The use of DNA for forensic purposes is long overdue for reassessment. The alleged identification of the so-called “Golden State Killer” (also known by several other nicknames) may just be sparking debates that have been needed for decades, about the law, privacy, databases, and the reliability of DNA evidence.
Genomics

A Bill to Compensate Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization in California

By Emily Galpern | 03.28.2018
Biopolitical Times

April 17 update: SB 1190 was unanimously approved by a California Senate committee, and will next be heard by the...

Eugenics

Reproductive gene editing imperils universal human rights

By Marcy Darnovsky, Leah Lowthorp and Katie Hasson, OpenGlobalRights | 02.15.2018

Op-Ed

What do recent advances in molecular genetics have to do with human rights? Quite a lot, it turns out. And...

Human Rights

Biopolitical Times

“All of Us” Launched

By Pete Shanks | 05.16.2018

On May 6, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) opened national enrollment for the All of Us Research Program. This...

Genomics

Post-Graffiti Colossal Bizarro Babies: Softening us up for Engineered Infants?

By Gina Maranto, Pop A.R.T. Guest Columnist | 05.07.2018
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Arts & Culture

Forensic DNA and the “Golden State Killer”

By Pete Shanks | 05.02.2018

The use of DNA for forensic purposes is long overdue for reassessment. The alleged identification of the so-called “Golden State...

Genomics

News

Here's What It's Really Like to Freeze Your Eggs

By Emilia Benton, Popsugar [cites CGS] | 05.24.2018

Aggregated News

I'm 31 years old, recently married, and on the fence about ever having children. I've never been completely against it, but I've also never felt as though I'm "running out of time" or that my life is or would...

Assisted Reproduction

Can We Make Life?

By Nova Wonders, PBS | 05.23.2018

Aggregated News

"It's alive!" Since Dr. Frankenstein spoke those famous words, we've been alternately enthralled and terrified by the idea of creating life in the lab. Now, a revolution in genetic engineering and thrilling innovations in synthetic biology are bringing that dream—or nightmare, as the case may be—closer to...

Synthetic Biology

FDA plans to speed path to approval for some gene therapies, starting with hemophilia

By Ike Swetlitz, STAT News | 05.22.2018

Aggregated News

The Food and Drug Administration will soon be alerting companies that certain gene therapies in development can qualify for less arduous review at the agency, Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said Tuesday.

Specifically, gene therapies for hemophilia, a rare disease in...

U.S. Federal

Changing the law to allow payment for surrogacy is fraught with complications

By Alana Cattapan, CBC News | 05.22.2018

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Paying for certain reproductive services in Canada — including egg donation, sperm donation and surrogacy — is currently illegal, but there are signs that may change. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has said it's time to discuss the prohibition on paying...

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