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
A futuristic-looking freezer illuminated in blue and pink light opens to reveal white vapor. The freezer is labeled "Cryogenics International."

The Responsibility of Immortality: Welcome to the New Transhumanism

By Joi Ito, Wired | 06.04.2018

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Society
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Should Egg Donors Globally Be Compensated? It’s Complicated.

By Sian Ferguson, Rewire.News | 06.04.2018

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Assisted Reproduction

Review of Taking Baby Steps: How Patients and Fertility Clinics Collaborate in Conception by Jody Lyneé Madeira

By Gina Maranto, Guest Contributor | 06.04.2018
Biopolitical Times
Biotech & Pharma
Google Calico logo, a green C surrounded by green concentric circles.

Who is the secretive Google subsidiary that has access to Ancestry's DNA database?

By Stuart Leavenworth, McClatchy DC Bureau [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.01.2018

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Bioethics
Ultrasound image of a baby's head in black and white showing absent nasal bone indicating Down Syndrome.

Choosing Life With Down Syndrome

By Ruth Graham, Slate | 05.31.2018

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U.S. States
A purple-gloved hand inserts a piece of paper into a machine to extract DNA from the swab.

DNA donors must demand stronger protection for genetic privacy

By Mason Marks and Tiffany Li, Stat News | 05.30.2018

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Genomics
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Is DNA testing telling us more than we want to know? The untold story of Ancestry.com

By Erica Evans, Deseret News [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.30.2018

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Bioethics

The FDA Takes on Quack Stem Cell Clinics

By Pete Shanks | 05.29.2018
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal