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

The CSI Effect: How TV shapes DNA forensics in the courtroom

By Jonathan Chernoguz | 07.18.2017
Biopolitical Times
Society

"Woolly" is a Relentlessly Optimistic Book about De-Extinction

By Pete Shanks | 07.18.2017
Biopolitical Times
Society
A pile of cotton swabs.

Scientists Push Back Against Booming Genetic Pseudoscience Market

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 07.14.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics
A strand of DNA is featured. The upper right corner is highlighted.

The Brave New World of Gene Editing

By Matthew Cobb, New York Review of Books | 07.13.2017

Aggregated News

Bioethics
A colorful DNA sequencing map (Shaury Nash, Creative Commons via Flikr)

Gene Editing Controversy Reminds Us Just How Much Money Influences Science

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 07.06.2017

Aggregated News

Society
Three cotton swabs lay inside of a DNA testing kit.

Why You Should Think Twice About Those DNA-By-Mail Results

By Barbara J. King, NPR | 07.06.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics

A Crack in Creation: A Review of Jennifer Doudna’s Memoir on CRISPR

By Jessica Cussins | 07.06.2017
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification
Portrait photo of Jeff Sessions during a testimony.

These cuts to forensic research will not combat violent crime

By Susan R. Paisner, Washington Post [Letter to the Editor] | 07.04.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics