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

Aggregated News

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

Aggregated News

Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies
Mother holding young child

Whom does your DNA belong to? Hint, it’s not just you.

By Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2019

Aggregated News

Genomics
State flag of California

Update on Legal Challenge to California’s DNA Retention Policy

By CGS | 05.02.2019
U.S. States

Shaq’s New Ad Campaign Revives the Dangerous Push for Race-Specific Medicine

By Jonathan Kahn, Guest Contributor | 04.26.2019
Biopolitical Times
Biotech & Pharma
5 men running on a track

Should Athletes Be Allowed to Enhance Their Genes?

By Nick Busca, Medium [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.25.2019

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
Gloved hands over test tubes

Scientific Leaders Call For Global Moratorium on Germline Gene Editing

By Editor, American Society of Gene & Cell Therapy | 04.24.2019

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
Two 23andMe at-home DNA testing kits

Don’t Count on 23andMe to Detect Most Breast Cancer Risks, Study Warns

By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 04.16.2019

Aggregated News

Genomics
Photograph of Stephen Quake sitting

Gene-Edited Babies: What a Chinese Scientist Told an American Mentor

By Pam Belluck, The New York Times | 04.14.2019

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
Dollar bill with DNA in the middle

Researchers Want to Link Your Genes and Income—Should They?

By Megan Molteni, Wired | 04.12.2019

Aggregated News

Genomics