Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

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The Department of Homeland Security said it would begin collecting genetic data on hundreds of thousands of immigrants in federal detention facilities.
Genomics

A New Book Offers an Introduction to the Ethical Dimensions of Germline Gene Editing

By Adam Hayden, Science | 09.30.2019

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With Altered Inheritance, bioethicist Françoise Baylis has authored a vivid call to action that “aims to bridge the divides between theory, science, politics, and practice.”
Human Genetic Modification

It’s Past Time to Compensate Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization

By Emily Galpern | 09.25.2019
Biopolitical Times
Each passing year, more people die who would be eligible for reparations after involuntary sterilization in California.
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Dr. Stuart Newman: “It Seems to Me That We Are Headed for A Techno-Eugenic Future”

By Mohsen Abdelmoumen, American Herald Tribune | 09.05.2019

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Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies
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Regeneron wins FDA approval for first gene therapy for genetic hearing loss

By Sriparna Roy, Reuters | 04.23.2026

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Policies
"superbaby" flies above DNA double helix

Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

By John Donvan, WNYC and Open to Debate [with Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.23.2026

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Policies
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A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos

By Emily Mullin, Wired | 04.23.2026

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Assisted Reproduction

‘I didn’t come here to get rich’: new research on the lives of Ukrainian women in Georgia’s surrogacy boom

By Olga Oleinikova, Medea Badashvili, and Polina Vlasenko | 04.23.2026
Biopolitical Times
Other Countries
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Personalized CRISPR therapies could soon reach thousands — here’s how

By Fyodor D. Urnov and Sadik H. Kassim, Nature | 04.21.2026

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Policies
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Eugenics and the Genetics Society

By Alex Aylward, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Maria Kiladi, and Gregory Radick , Heredity | 04.20.2026

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U.S. Federal
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Developing an international framework for stem-cell-based embryo models

By Alfonso Martinez Arias, Nicolas Rivron, and Naomi Moris, BioNews | 04.20.2026

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Stem Cells
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Belgium strengthens oversight after sperm donor family limits breached

By George Janes, BioNews | 04.20.2026

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Policies