Society

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

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

Aggregated News

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
Newborn child

The “staged rollout” of gene-modified babies could start with sickle-cell disease

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 09.03.2020

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Human Genetic Modification
He Jiankui

Strict new guidelines lay out a path to heritable human gene editing

By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News [cites CGS's Katie Hasson] | 09.03.2020

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Policies
Coronavirus

Hong Kong’s coronavirus testing drive tests negative for popularity

By Shibani Mahtani and Ryan Ho Kilpatrick, Washington Post | 09.01.2020

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Other Countries
Covid testing swabs

More testing alone will not get us out of this pandemic

By Shobita Parthasarathy, Nature | 09.01.2020

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U.S. Federal
Man signing documents

Landmark Privacy Proposal To Give Consumers Control Over Their Genetic Data Advances To Governor Newsom’s Desk For Signature

By George Thomas, The Government Center Gazette [cites CGS] | 09.01.2020

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Policies
Person on scale

Futuristic Fat-Fighting Fantasy: Using CRISPR To Tweak ‘Bad’ Fat Into Acting Like ‘Good’ Fat

By Carey Goldberg, WBUR | 08.27.2020

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Human Genetic Modification

The false, lethal promise of ‘warp speed’ science

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 08.25.2020

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Policies
People protesting

Racial justice, disability rights, neurodiversity and cross-movement solidarity

By Sam Farmer, Changing America | 08.21.2020

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Perspectives