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
human silhouette with genome backdrop

20 years after the human genome was first sequenced, dangerous gene myths abound

By Philip Ball, The Guardian | 06.09.2021

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Society
a scientist doing lab research in a sterile environment

Expanding Biolab Complex in Berkeley Has Residents Worried

By Sharon Lerner, Lee Fang, The Intercept [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.09.2021

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Bioethics

Unproven stem cell interventions: A global public health problem requiring global deliberation

By Zubin Master, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, and Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, Stem Cell Reports | 06.08.2021

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Policies
eggs under a microscope

“Emotional choreography” and the cross-border egg trade

By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech | 06.08.2021

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Assisted Reproduction
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Human Embryo Research Beyond 14 Days? International Perspectives

By Sheetal Soni and Françoise Baylis, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 06.07.2021

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Policies

Heritable Human Genome Editing: Who Decides Who Decides?

By Pete Shanks | 06.07.2021
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification

Genome editing technologies: some clarifications but no revision of the Oviedo Convention

By Council of Europe, Press Statement | 06.04.2021

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Policies
a sequence of DNA base pair letters

A complete human genome sequence is close: how scientists filled in the gaps

By Sara Reardon, Nature | 06.04.2021

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Genomics