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
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Organizers of gene-editing meeting blast Chinese study but call for ‘pathway’ to human trials

By Dennis Normile, Science [cites CGS] | 11.29.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Scientist's Claim of Genetically-Edited Babies Renews Ethics Concerns

By Michael Krasny, KQED [features CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.28.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Scientist Who CRISPR’d Babies Bucked his Own Ethics Policy

By Megan Molteni, Wired | 11.27.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Rogue Chinese CRISPR scientist cited US report as his green light

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.27.2018

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Editing Babies? We Need to Learn a Lot More First

By Eric J. Topol, The New York Times | 11.27.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
Gloved hands moving small test tubes from one test tube rack to another

Gene-edited babies: no one has the moral warrant to go it alone

By Katie Hasson and Marcy Darnovsky, The Guardian | 11.27.2018

CGS-authored

Human Genetic Modification
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Why 2 key gene-editing voices in Berkeley condemn Chinese scientist's designer babies 'stunt'

By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.26.2018

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CRISPR inventor Feng Zhang calls for moratorium on gene-edited babies

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.26.2018

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Human Genetic Modification