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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DNA Today Discover New Advances in the world of genetics... CRISPR Bioethics

06.15.2018
Human Genetic Modification
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Deleting Your Online DNA Data Is Brutally Difficult

By Kristen V. Brown, Bloomberg | 06.15.2018

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Genomics
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After dog DNA debacle, Indigenous researcher says ancestry testing is 'stupid science'

By CBC Canada, CBC News | 06.14.2018

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Racial Justice
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Three-Parent Embryos—A Slippery Slope?

By John D. Loike and Alan Kadish, The Scientist [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.14.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Does this dog look like a Saint Bernard? The questionable business of home DNA tests

By David Lazarus, The Los Angeles Times [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.12.2018

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Bioethics
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Who can access Ancestry companies' DNA database?

Media Coverage
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Scientists Can Design ‘Better’ Babies. Should They?

By Clyde Haberman, The New York Times [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.10.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
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China Is Genetically Engineering Monkeys With Brain Disorders

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 06.08.2018

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Animal Biotechnologies