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

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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 book lies open, with a judge's gavel resting on top.

Could the Whole CRISPR Patent Kerfuffle Have Been Completely Avoided?

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 11.17.2017

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Media Coverage
A short-tail weasel peaks its head out of rocks.

‘Gene Drives’ Are Too Risky for Field Trials, Scientists Say

By Carl Zimmer, New York Times | 11.16.2017

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Synthetic Biology
Close up of microscopic image of egg and sperm fertilization

Choosy Eggs May Pick Sperm for Their Genes, Defying Mendel’s Law

By Carrie Arnold, Quanta Magazine | 11.15.2017

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Arts & Culture

Senate HELP Committee Holds Hearing on Gene Editing Technology

By Katie Hasson | 11.15.2017
Biopolitical Times
Biopolitics
Bird's eye view of a patient's hand resting , with several wires hooked up, as a gloved hand inserts an IV needle.

US scientists try first gene editing in the body

By Marilynn Marchione, Associated Press | 11.15.2017

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U.S. Federal
A person dressed in a lba coat looks through a large chamber

Gene editing in clinical disease: scientific, ethical and societal questions

Human Genetic Modification
Grayscale close up of a child looking wide-eyed as they lay bundled in blankets.

Better beings?

By Amber Dance, Nature Biotechnology [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.09.2017

CGS-authored

Human Genetic Modification
Microscopic image of IVF

Query the merits of embryo editing for reproductive research now

By Insoo Hyun & Catherine Osborn, Nature Biotechnology | 11.09.2017

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Human Genetic Modification