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 mother and father lie down with their baby in between them. They smile and look at the baby while holding its hands. The baby looks off into the distance.

DTC: Direct to Children?

By Katie Stoll, The DNA Exchange | 05.10.2018

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Bioethics
Close up of plastic tube dropping liquid into clear plastic test tubes in a DNA lab at the University of Michigan.

Police are using DNA testing to track down a fetus’s mother

By Russell Brandom, The Verge | 05.10.2018

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Biopolitics
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The Amish pool resources for their medical care. A budget-busting gene therapy puts them in a bind

By Eric Boodman, STAT | 05.08.2018

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Biotech & Pharma
A hand wearing a green clinical glove holds purple test tubes containing DNA samples.

Medicine’s Wild West: 10 new genetic tests enter the market each day

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 05.07.2018

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Biotech & Pharma

Post-Graffiti Colossal Bizarro Babies: Softening us up for Engineered Infants?

By Gina Maranto, Pop A.R.T. Guest Columnist | 05.07.2018
Biopolitical Times
Society
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The Racial Spectacle of DNA Test Result Videos

By Amanda Hess, The New York Times | 05.06.2018

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Arts & Culture
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How to delete your DNA data from genetics companies like 23andMe and Ancestry

By Erin Brodwin, Business Insider | 05.04.2018

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Technologies
A cartoon figure holds a large magnifying glass up to a strand of DNA

You Can’t Hide Your Genes

By Natalie Ram, Slate | 05.04.2018

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U.S. Federal