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Genetically modifying future children isn’t just wrong. It would harm all of us

By Marcy Darnovsky, The Guardian | 07.17.2018

Op-Ed

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has taken what it clearly regards as a brave new step: it has openly endorsed the use of genome editing to engineer the traits of future children and generations. The council’s report, Genome editing...

Human Genetic Modification

Public and policy makers grow suspicious of genetic testing companies—for good reason

By Adam O'Regan | 07.10.2018
Biopolitical Times
The popularity of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing by companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com has skyrocketed. Meanwhile, so has concern about the privacy and uses of the genetic information being amassed. As controversies build, several state and federal initiatives are bringing to light...
Genomics

40 Years of IVF: What’s Been Overlooked?

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.10.2018
Press Statement

The first baby born as a result of in vitro fertilization (IVF) celebrates her 40th birthday on July 25. This...

Assisted Reproduction

Using 23andMe to Reunite Families at the Border Comes With Serious Privacy Risks

By Tonya Riley, Mother Jones [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.22.2018

Aggregated News

On Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced an end to administration’s policy of separating families at the border. But the...

Genomics

Biopolitical Times

Public and policy makers grow suspicious of genetic testing companies—for good reason

By Adam O'Regan | 07.10.2018

The popularity of direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing by companies such as 23andMe and Ancestry.com has skyrocketed. Meanwhile, so has concern...

Genomics

“Flipping Out” Over Consent and Privacy: When Surrogacy Meets Reality Television

By Alyssa M. Newman, Pop A.R.T. Guest Columnist | 07.09.2018

The explosion of reality television has dramatically altered how we think about celebrities, everyday life, and the boundary between the...

Society

Egg Selling in India

By Diane Beeson, Guest Contributor | 07.02.2018

The stories of women in India who sell their eggs rarely make news. Typically, neither the sellers in these transactions...

Assisted Reproduction

News

Opening the door to new high-tech eugenics is absolute folly

By Richard Hayes, Financial Times | 07.18.2018

The Nuffield Council’s approval of the creation of genetically modified children is inexcusable (“ Human gene editing morally permissible, says ethics study”, July 17). The most authoritative international agreement on human genetic technologies to date, the Council of Europe’s 1997...

Technologies

Genetically modified babies given go ahead by UK ethics body

By Ian Sample, The Guardian [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.17.2018

The creation of babies whose DNA has been altered to give them what parents perceive to be the best chances in life has received a cautious green light in a landmark report from a leading UK ethics body.

The Nuffield...

Technologies

Genetically modifying future children isn’t just wrong. It would harm all of us

By Marcy Darnovsky, The Guardian | 07.17.2018

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has taken what it clearly regards as a brave new step: it has openly endorsed the use of genome editing to engineer the traits of future children and generations. The council’s report, Genome editing...

Human Genetic Modification

Potential DNA damage from CRISPR has been ‘seriously underestimated,’ study finds

By Sharon Begley, Stat | 07.16.2018

From the earliest days of the CRISPR-Cas9 era, scientists have known that the first step in how it edits genomes — snipping DNA — creates an unholy mess: Cellular repairmen frantically try to fix the cuts by throwing random...

Technologies

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