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

Blinded by Bad Science and Bad Oversight

By Pete Shanks | 04.06.2017
Biopolitical Times
Stem Cells

AI OK? WTF! LOL

By Pete Shanks | 04.06.2017
Biopolitical Times
Media Coverage
Illustration of a child looking directly forward to a double helix oriented vertically. A glimmer of light appears between the child and the DNA.

How To Understand The Resurgence of Eugenics

By Sydney Perkowitz, JStor Daily [cites CGS] | 04.05.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
Adult feet and baby feet are next to each other. They are positioned as if the adult is sitting down and the baby is between their legs. They both wear bright blue clothing.

In a world first, Singapore’s highest court rules that parents deserve kids with their genes

By G. Owen Schaefer, The Conversation | 04.03.2017

Aggregated News

Other Countries
A newborn baby lays in a hospital crib

Questions raised over 3-parent baby procedure last year

By Andy Coghlan, New Scientist | 04.03.2017

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
A scientist with eye glasses holds a DNA strand in their left hand at eye level. In their right hand they have an instrument containing missing DNA pieces.

Customized babies are closer than you think

By Bonnie Rochman, Boston Globe [cites CGS] | 04.02.2017

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
Four doctors surround a paitent undergoing surgery.

The stem cell therapies offered by this La Jolla clinic aren't FDA approved, may not work — and cost $15,000

By Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times | 03.31.2017

Aggregated News

Biotech & Pharma
A baby stiffly lays in a cardboard box, surrounded by package bubble wrap.

The Social and Political Dangers of Human Germline Interventions

By Marcy Darnovsky & Elliot Hosman, GeneWatch | 03.31.2017

CGS-authored

Bioethics