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
Kruskal–Szekeres diagram, in which there are four different colored quadrants in a grid. Two opposite quadrants are shaped as hyperbolas.

Know Thy Futurist

By Cathy O'neil, Boston Review | 09.25.2017

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Society
A pipette is inserted into one test tube, among several, standing upright in a test tube rack.

In New York City, Gun Cases Fuel Growing, Unregulated DNA Database

By Ann Givens and Robert Lewis, The Trace | 09.25.2017

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Genomics
Forensic equipment, including crime scene tape, gloves, and evidence bag.

When Bad DNA Tests Lead to False Convictions

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 09.25.2017

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Genomics
Four small pigs sleep side by side on top of a ground floor covered with hay.

Scientists grow bullish on pig-to-human transplants

By Kelly Servick, Science | 09.22.2017

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Animal Biotechnologies
Marcy Darnovsky speaks among panel at CRISPRcon

CRISPRcon Explores the Future of Gene Editing

By Michael Fernandez, George Washington University Food Institute [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.21.2017

CGS-authored

Human Genetic Modification
Illustration of an 8-cell stage embryo

Gene Editing of Embryos Gives Insight Into Basic Human Biology

By Marissa Fessenden, Smithsonian.com [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.21.2017

CGS-authored

Other Countries
An empty laboratory with tools such as microscopes

Editing Embryo DNA Yields Clues About Early Human Development

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.20.2017

CGS-authored

Assisted Reproduction
Close-up of a human stem cell surrounded by chemicals

Artificial Human Embryos Are Coming, and No One Knows How to Handle Them

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Tech Review | 09.19.2017

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Stem Cells