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
Portrait of Alondra Nelson deeply engaged at a speaking event.

Q&A with Alondra Nelson

By Misha Angrist, Genome Magazine | 03.30.2017

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Racial Justice
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Trump Leaves Science Jobs Vacant, Troubling Critics

By Cecilia Kang & Michael D. Shear, New York Times | 03.30.2017

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Biopolitics
A clock is infinitely spiraling downward.

“Scientific racism” is on the rise on the right. But it’s been lurking there for years.

By Nicole Hemmer , Vox | 03.28.2017

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Genomics
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Texas Considers GM Mosquitoes

By Kerry Grens, The Scientist | 03.28.2017

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Animal Biotechnologies
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Familial DNA testing OK'd by state forensics sub-panel

By Anthony O'Reilly, Queens Chronicle | 03.27.2017

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U.S. States
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Collecting DNA From Sex Workers to One Day Identify Their Bodies

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 03.27.2017

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Bioethics
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Can a new model help governance keep up with synthetic biology?

By Aaron Dy, Public Library of Science | 03.27.2017

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Global Governance
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Germany considers wider use of DNA evidence in criminal cases

By Nature | 03.27.2017

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