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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Even if genes affect intelligence, we can’t engineer cleverness

By Jim Kozubek, Aeon | 12.11.2017

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Genomics
A road is blocked, with a barrier and lights.

Alarmed by Recent Events, Scientists Speak Out Against DIY Gene Therapy

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 12.11.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
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The best and worst analogies for CRISPR, ranked

By Rebecca Robbins, STAT | 12.08.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
Three people sit with their backs turned as they look at a massive wall art exhibition of black and white portraits of people's faces.

The invisible infertile: how cultural beliefs can shape statistics

By Liberty Barnes and Jasmine Fledderjohann, The Conversation | 12.07.2017

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Human Rights
Rep. Trent Franks speaking with the media

Rep. Trent Franks of Arizona, who asked staffers if they would bear his child as a surrogate, says he will resign

By Mike DeBonis and Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post | 12.07.2017

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U.S. Federal
Microscopic image of red blood cells

Gene therapy shows promise against blood-clotting disease

By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press | 12.07.2017

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Genomics
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Scientists use CRISPR to turn genes on without editing their DNA

By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times | 12.07.2017

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Genomics
A group of women raning in age, with their heads covered by scarves,m arching in line in a building. These women are the Grandmothers of Plaza de Mayo.

Argentine woman stolen as a newborn baby 40 years ago by the country's former dictatorship is reunited with her relatives after DNA testing

By Kelly McLaughlin, Daily Mail | 12.06.2017

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Genomics