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 nurse examines a newborn baby through a transport incubator

Trying to Embrace the Cure

By Sheila Black, New York Times | 05.31.2017

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Genetic Selection
Portrait photo of Jennifer Doudna casually dressed and smiling in front of shaded trees.

Genome editing: That's the way the CRISPR crumbles

By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 05.31.2017

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Patents & Other IP
A collage of six cover stories about CRISPR from MIT Texh Review, The Ecnomist, Time, Spectator, Nature, and Wired

Human Gene Editing: A Timeline of CRISPR Cover Stories

U.S. Federal
A laboratory scientist, in protective gear, holds a pippette to transfer samples from one test tube to several other test tubes on a rack.

Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Trouble Bioterrorism Experts

By Emily Baumgaertner, New York Times | 05.28.2017

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Biopolitics

The Ongoing Tale About "The Handmaid's Tale"

By Ayesha Chatterjee, Guest Contributor | 05.26.2017
Biopolitical Times
Arts & Culture
Microscopic image of a mesenchymal stem cell

Stem cells show promise – but they also have a darker side

By Jill Johnson, The Conversation | 05.25.2017

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Media Coverage
A white male reads over a pile of genetic testing kit contents on a kitchen stove top.

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing fog

By Timothy Caulfield, Policy Options | 05.25.2017

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Genomics
A DNA spit kit is shown, featuring a container and a specimen bag.

Ancestry.com denies exploiting users' DNA

By Harry Kretchmer, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 | 05.25.2017

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Biotech & Pharma