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
Several fingerprints stamped on a white background

The Myth of Fingerprints

By Clive Thompson, Smithsonian | 04.01.2019

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Genomics
Gel DNA plate with UV illumination

‘Race-Biased Dragnet’: DNA From 360 Black Men Was Collected to Solve Vetrano Murder, Defense Lawyers Say

By Jan Ransom and Ashley Southall, The New York Times | 03.31.2019

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Genomics
Blue double helix DNA strand on dark blue background

Moratorium on Human Genome Editing: Time to Get It Right

By Landon J. Getz and Graham Dellaire, The Hastings Center | 03.29.2019

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Human Genetic Modification
Padlock attached to a DNA strand on a blue background.

Don’t Buy California’s Callous Attempt to Ignore People’s DNA Privacy Rights, EFF Tells Court

By Karen Gullo, Electronic Frontier Foundation [cites CGS and Pete Shanks] | 03.29.2019

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Policies
Three test tubes nect to gloved hand

A Consumer DNA Testing Company’s Alarming New Marketing Pivot

By Elizabeth Joh, Slate | 03.29.2019

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Genomics

Malaysian carrying live human embryos detained at Indian airport

By Anna Maria Romero, The Independent | 03.21.2019

Aggregated News

Policies
Two pairs of scissors cutting a strand of DNA

What Is the World to Do About Gene-Editing?

By Stephen Buranyi, The New York Review of Books | 03.21.2019

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification

One Week Later: Reactions to the Proposed Moratorium on Human Germline Editing

By Katie Hasson | 03.20.2019
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification