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By Sayantani DasGupta, MedPage Today | 08.05.2025

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It's just a jeans ad.

It's not that deep.

It's just social media outrage.

Should physicians care about the recent American Eagle "Sydney Sweeney Has Good ~~Genes~~ Jeans" controversy? What, if anything, does the provocative campaign have to...

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Sydney Sweeney's ‘Great Jeans’ Illuminate the Dangerous Resurgence of Eugenics

By Tania Fabo, Newsweek | 08.06.2025

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^{"Sydney Sweeney" by Jay Dixit, CC 4.0}

American Eagle came under fire recently for an ad campaign featuring actress Sydney Sweeney. In one ad, Sweeney fiddles with her jeans, saying, "Genes are passed down from parents to offspring...

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If it’s time to revisit the 14-day rule, it’s also time to engage the public

By Molly Gray, Nuffield Council on Bioethics | 08.13.2025

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^{Human embryo at about 8 weeks

by Anatomist90, CC3.0}

With debate growing around whether the “14-day rule” on human embryo research remains fit for purpose, the need for inclusive public dialogue is more important than ever. Decisions about whether...

Policies

New Guidelines on Trisomy 13 and 18 Promote Nuanced Care Decisions

By Matteo Zumbano | 08.13.2025

Biopolitical Times

On July 21, the American Academy for Pediatrics (AAP) released new landmark recommendations for the care of children with trisomy 13 and trisomy 18, in which babies are born with a third copy of chromosome 13 or 18. Historically, trisomy 13 and 18 have been framed as lethal, or diagnoses “incompatible with life.” In recent years, multiple studies have shown that long-term survival of children with trisomy 13 and 18 is more common than previously believed. This has led to...

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