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Paying surrogates, sperm and egg donors goes against Canadian values

By Françoise Baylis and Alana Cattapan, The Conversation | 04.02.2018

Aggregated News

In Canada, it’s illegal to pay for the services of a surrogate mother or to purchase human gametes — sperm and eggs. These prohibitions are entrenched in the Assisted Human Reproduction Act. Some Liberal members of Parliament want to...

Assisted Reproduction

Fertility clinic failures raise question of regulation in industry

By Marcy Darnovsky, The Plain Dealer [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.21.2018

Aggregated News

CLEVELAND, Ohio - After two recent failures of cryotanks storing eggs and embryos, a number of agencies and organizations are investigating fertility clinics in Cleveland and San Francisco. But a lack of federal oversight of the industry leaves it unclear...

Assisted Reproduction

Forced sterilization programs in California once harmed thousands – particularly Latinas

By Nicole L. Novak and Natalie Lira, The Conversation | 03.22.2018

In 1942, 18-year-old Iris Lopez, a Mexican-American woman, started working at the Calship Yards in Los Angeles. Working on the...

Eugenics

California Supreme Court Upholds the State's Problematic Arrestee DNA Collection Law

By Jennifer Lynch, Electronic Frontier Foundation | 04.02.2018

In a disappointing and deeply divided opinion released today, the California Supreme Court upheld a state law law mandating DNA...

U.S. States
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The Amish pool resources for their medical care. A budget-busting gene therapy puts them in a bind

By Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.08.2018

The meeting could determine whether the two young siblings would keep going blind. The doctor knew that going in, but he...

Human Genetic Modification
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Medicine’s Wild West: 10 new genetic tests enter the market each day

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 05.07.2018

There are 75,000 genetic tests available for sale today -- a flood of information that could provide major new insights into...

Biotech & Pharma
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Medicine’s Wild West: 10 new genetic tests enter the market each day

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 05.07.2018

There are 75,000 genetic tests available for sale today -- a flood of information that could provide major new insights into...

Genomics
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The Racial Spectacle of DNA Test Result Videos

By Amanda Hess, The New York Times | 05.06.2018

The Try Guys, a quartet of BuzzFeed personalities who film themselves undergoing often absurd and humiliating experiences on camera...

Genomics
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How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry

By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider | 05.04.2018
Genomics
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You Can’t Hide Your Genes

By Natalie Ram, Slate | 05.04.2018

The arrest of Joseph James DeAngelo as the suspected Golden State Killer has both thrilled and worried watchers. Bringing the...

Genomics
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Congress is a decade behind in overseeing DNA testing companies

By Stuart Leavenworth, The Sacramento Bee | 05.03.2018

Washington -- Wall Street has plowed billions of dollars into DNA testing companies, one of the world's fastest-growing consumer services....

Genomics
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Argument of paying for surrogacy, sperm and eggs based on misinformation

By Alana Cattapan and Françoise Baylis, The Star | 05.01.2018

Prime Minister Trudeau has stated it is time for Canadians to have a discussion about payment for surrogacy, eggs, and...

Assisted Reproduction