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
Chromosome being unwound

How Editing RNA—Not DNA—Could Cure Disease in the Future

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 03.15.2018

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Human Genetic Modification

What if we told you we could back up your mind?

By Pete Shanks | 03.15.2018
Biopolitical Times
Society
Josiah Zayner

No Self-Editing: Biohacker Josiah Zayner Can’t Stop Living Out Loud

By Alex Lash, Xconomy [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.13.2018

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Synthetic Biology
Three cows grazing in grass

Farmland gene editors want cows without horns, pigs without tails, and business without regulations

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 03.12.2018

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Policies
Scientist pipetting into plate

We need to use gene editing wisely but also embrace its vast potential

By Mary Warnock, The Guardian | 03.11.2018

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Bioethics
Women operating machinery at a fertility clinic

Fertility clinic informs hundreds of patients their eggs may have been damaged

By Amy Goldstein , Washington Post | 03.11.2018

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Bioethics
Pink background one side and blue background on the other with a DNA strand in the middle

FDA Approved Breast Cancer DNA Test by 23andMe May do More Harm than Good

By Joyce Bichler, Breast Cancer Action | 03.07.2018

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Biotech & Pharma
Bright yellow fluorescent fish in water

Britons in favour of editing genes to correct inherited diseases

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 03.07.2018

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Human Genetic Modification