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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China tightens its regulation of some human gene editing, labeling it ‘high-risk’

By Dennis Normile, Science | 02.28.2019

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Policies
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‘Miraculous’ stem cell therapy has sickened people in five states

By William Wan and Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post | 02.27.2019

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Stem Cells
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Chinese government funding may have been used for ‘CRISPR babies’ project, documents suggest

By Jane Qiu, STAT | 02.25.2019

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Human Genetic Modification
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China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 02.21.2019

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Human Genetic Modification
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China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise

By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 02.21.2019

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Other Countries
Pipet in a test tube

Jerry Westrom Threw Away a Napkin Last Month. It Was Used to Charge Him in a 1993 Murder.

By Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times | 02.17.2019

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Genomics
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A Mother Learns the Identity of Her Child’s Grandmother. A Sperm Bank Threatens to Sue.

By Jacqueline Mroz, The New York Times | 02.16.2019

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Genomics
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We can edit the human genome, but should we?

By Marc Montgomery, Radio Canada International | 02.13.2019

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Human Genetic Modification