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 skull is highlighted against a dark background.

There's no such thing as a 'pure' European—or anyone else

By Ann Gibbons, Science Magazine | 05.15.2017

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Genomics
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New Gene Tests Pose a Threat to Insurers

By Gina Kolata, New York Times | 05.12.2017

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Genomics
Labelled test tubes are placed on a rack.

A Decade Later, a Patient Finds Out Her Genetic Test Was Wrong

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 05.11.2017

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Genomics
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Crispr Makes It Clear: The US Needs a Biology Strategy, and Fast

By Amy Webb, Wired | 05.11.2017

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Biopolitics
A pale hand holds an unlit light bulb.

Beware the anti-science label

By Nature Editorial | 05.10.2017

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U.S. Federal
Archived black and white photo from the Tuskegee study. A white doctor draws blood from a black study participant with two others observing.

Generations later, the effects of the Tuskegee syphilis study linger

By Associated Press | 05.10.2017

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Bioethics
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Oxitec Pioneered the GM Mosquito. Up Next? Moths, of Course

By Eric Niiler, Wired | 05.10.2017

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Biotech & Pharma
Circular dial containing birth control pills.

Guinea pigs or pioneers? How Puerto Rican women were used to test the birth control pill.

By Theresa Vargas, Washington Post | 05.09.2017

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Bioethics