Society

U.S. Government Plans to Collect DNA from Detained Immigrants

By Caitlin Dickerson, The New York Times | 10.02.2019

Aggregated News

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

Aggregated News

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

Aggregated News

Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies
A baby plays with a blanket that they are laying on. The baby is wearing pink glasses frames without lenses, with the words "Kiss."

Will your baby like cilantro? These genetic tests say they can tell

By Megan Molteni, Wired | 01.15.2018

Aggregated News

Genomics
Book cover for Catherine Bliss' book, "Social by Nature" IT features a double helix. The book is divided with a warm colors of yellow and red on its upper half, and white and blue cool colors at the bottom half.

Nature still battles nurture in the haunting world of social genomics

By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 01.15.2018

Aggregated News

Eugenics
Gray-scale close-up of a compass. pointing north.

Genetic engineering is advancing fast, and it’s time to talk about ethics

By Matthew Hansen, Omaha World-Herald | 01.12.2018

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
A laboratory scientist, looks into a microscope.

International Society of Prenatal Diagnosis issues new guidelines for prenatal genome-wide sequencing

By Marsha Michie, Prenatal Information Research Consortium | 01.12.2018

Aggregated News

Genetic Selection
A curved tunnel-like structure with repeating number sequences. The curved tunnel subtly suggests a light at the end of it.

What AI Can Do for IVF

By Carol Lynn Curchoe and Charles L. Bormann, Scientific American | 01.10.2018

Aggregated News

Technologies
An empty doctors office, featuring a patient bed, a red chair, a hand sanitizer sipernser, and several instrumental tools on a wall.

What Should IVF Practitioners Disclose to Expectant Parents?

By Nana Matoba, Scientific American | 01.10.2018

Aggregated News

Assisted Reproduction

What Just Happened? Looking Back at 2017’s Human Germline Editing Developments

By Leah Lowthorp and Katie Hasson | 01.10.2018
Biopolitical Times
Policies
In a grass field, a brown and white cow stares. On its right ear, there is an identification tag.

Meet the Woman Using CRISPR to Breed All-Male “Terminator Cattle”

By Andrew Rosenblum, MIT Technology Review | 01.10.2018

Aggregated News

U.S. Federal