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
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EU nations vote against GM crops, but not enough to block them

By Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters | 03.27.2017

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Other Countries
A woman's torso is shown laying on her side. She wears a white shirt and black pants. Hand is gently placed on the bottom of stomach.

Menopausal women become pregnant with their own eggs

By Jessica Hamzelou, New Scientist | 03.27.2017

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
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Mitochondrial replacement techniques and Mexico

By César Palacios-González and María de Jesús Medina-Arellano, Oxford University Press | 03.24.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
Two puppies wrestle by playing tug-of-war, with a rope between.

UC Berkeley Receives CRISPR Patent in Europe

By Jef Akst, The Scientist | 03.24.2017

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Patents & Other IP
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Don’t Discriminate Against Mutants Like Me

By Louise Aronson, New York Times | 03.23.2017

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Biopolitics
Two authorities in yellow jackets look directly at the camera, with an eye of suspicion. One of them holds out a DNA swabbing spit kit.

Don’t allow genetic stop-and-frisk

By Allison Lewis, Newsday | 03.23.2017

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U.S. States
Bird's eye view of six petri dishes.

A New Form of Stem-Cell Engineering Raises Ethical Questions

By Carl Zimmer, New York Times | 03.21.2017

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Stem Cells
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An Experiment That Blinded Three Women Unearths The Murky World of Stem Cell Clinics

By Peter Aldhous, Buzzfeed News | 03.21.2017

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Bioethics