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
A hand in latex gloves holds a row of small plastic tubes between thumb and index finger

DNA Data From 100 Crime Scenes Has Been Uploaded To A Genealogy Website — Just Like The Golden State Killer

By Peter Aldhous, Buzzfeed | 05.17.2018

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Technologies

“All of Us” Launched

By Pete Shanks | 05.16.2018
Biopolitical Times
U.S. Federal
Close up of the feet of a newborn baby laying on a white bed in a hospital. The baby has a hospital tag around its right ankle.

California Newborn DNA Database Shocks Parents

By CBS Sacramento, CBS News | 05.14.2018

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U.S. States
the contents of a 23 and Me test kit: test tube with funnel and two white caps in a white and green box

Recreational ancestry DNA testing may reveal more than consumers bargained for

By Catharine Wang, The Conversation | 05.14.2018

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Technologies
Oocyte with zona pellucida

This fertility doctor is pushing the boundaries of human reproduction, with little regulation

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 05.14.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
Black and white engraving of a neanderthal profile.

Scientists to grow 'mini-brains' using Neanderthal DNA

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 05.11.2018

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Animal Biotechnologies
A mother and father lie down with their baby in between them. They smile and look at the baby while holding its hands. The baby looks off into the distance.

DTC: Direct to Children?

By Katie Stoll, The DNA Exchange | 05.10.2018

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Bioethics
Close up of plastic tube dropping liquid into clear plastic test tubes in a DNA lab at the University of Michigan.

Police are using DNA testing to track down a fetus’s mother

By Russell Brandom, The Verge | 05.10.2018

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Biopolitics