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
Genes and humans

The genes we’re dealt

By Erik Parens, Aeon | 11.10.2020

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Society

Proponent of using IQ tests to screen immigrants named to senior NIST post

By Jeffrey Mervis, Science | 11.09.2020

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Genomics

International Reporting Mechanism for Unethical Germline Gene Editing Experiments Is Needed

By G. Owen Schaefer, Markus K. Labude, Yujia Zhu, Roger Sik-Yin Foo, Vicki Xafis, Trends in Biotechnology | 11.04.2020

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Policies
Hunting a Glyptodon

Men and women in early Americas shared hunting duties equally

By Christa Lesté-Lasserre, NewScientist | 11.04.2020

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Civil Society
Facial recognition camera

Schools Adopt Face Recognition in the Name of Fighting Covid

By Gregory Barber, Wired | 11.03.2020

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U.S. States
Henrietta Lacks

Wealthy funder pays reparations for use of HeLa cells

By Alexandra Witze, Nature | 10.29.2020

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Biotech & Pharma
Chromosomes

In Embryos, Crispr Can Cut Out Whole Chromosomes—That's Bad

By Megan Molteni , Wired | 10.29.2020

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Human Genetic Modification
Human embryo

Lab tests show risks of using CRISPR gene editing on embryos

By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press | 10.29.2020

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Human Genetic Modification