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
Mosquito on skin

The promise and peril of gene drives

By Briefing, The Economist | 11.08.2018

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Animal Biotechnologies

“The Eugenics Crusade” on PBS

By Pete Shanks | 11.07.2018
Biopolitical Times
U.S. States
White pencil made out of a strand of DNA, on a blue background

Join the debate on human genome editing!

By Yeyang Su, Impact Ethics [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.03.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
Pink heart muscle cells sample

He Promised to Restore Damaged Hearts. Harvard Says His Lab Fabricated Research.

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 10.29.2018

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Stem Cells
Purple test tubes in rack

White-people-only DNA tests show how unequal science has become

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.18.2018

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Genomics

DNA Tests: Neither Destiny nor History

By Pete Shanks | 10.16.2018
Biopolitical Times
Genetic Selection
Elizabeth Warren speaking at a podium

The First DNA Test as Political Stunt

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 10.15.2018

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Genomics
Four rows of all of the human chromosomes, labeled by number

Most White Americans’ DNA Can Be Identified Through Genealogy Databases

By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 10.11.2018

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Genomics