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 grainy, grayscale image showing the process of Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). A slender needle tip touching the edge of an egg, held by pipette.

IVF to fix male infertility 'infringes human rights of women' argue scientists

By Sarah Knapton, The Telegraph | 03.06.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
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23andMe Will Now Test for BRCA Breast-Cancer Genes

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 03.06.2018

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Biotech & Pharma
Dog

You Love Dogs? Then Don’t Clone Them

By Jessica Pierce, New York Times | 03.06.2018

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Animal Biotechnologies
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May the odds be ever in your favour? The politics of prognosis

By Joel Michael Reynolds, Aeon Ideas | 03.05.2018

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Perspectives
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CRISPR ‘gone wild’ has made stocks swoon, but studies show how to limit off-target editing

By Sharon Begley, Stat News | 03.05.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Should lesbian couples have access to mitochondrial replacement therapy?

By Michael Cook, BioEdge | 03.04.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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Staying ahead of the double helix

By Sujatha Byravan , The Hindu | 03.03.2018

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Other Countries
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The unwelcome revival of ‘race science’

By Gavin Evans, The Guardian | 03.02.2018

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Genomics