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

Henrietta Lacks' family wants compensation for her cells

By Andrea K. McDaniels, Baltimore Sun | 02.15.2017

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Patents & Other IP
Screenshot of Titanovo's testing kit advertisement for measuring telomeres as indicators for health information.

The Next Pseudoscience Health Craze Is All About Genetics

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 02.15.2017

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Biotech & Pharma
Two white officers handcuff a young black teen on the side of the police vehicle.

SDPD Finds a Way Around State Law Limiting DNA Collection From Juveniles

By Kelly Davis, Voice of San Diego | 02.15.2017

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U.S. States
A statue of two male scientists in lab coats. The figures seem to be connected by holding a strand of DNA.

Broad Institute prevails in heated dispute over CRISPR patents

By Sharon Begley, STAT | 02.15.2017

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Biotech & Pharma
Far away landscape image of a factory, with smoke pollution. The image is filtered by a green and blue tint.

Is the ‘Anthropocene’ Epoch a Condemnation of Human Interference -- or a Call for More?

By Wesley Yang, New York Magazine | 02.14.2017

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Environmentalism
Embryo, with 5 visible cells.

Scientific Panel Says Editing Heritable Human Genes Could Be OK In The Future

By Rob Stein, NPR [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.14.2017

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Bioethics
A male lab technician in a red coat and a blue face mask sits at a desk. He is concentrated on inserting a sample of DNA from a pipette into a test tube. A test tube rack is placed on his desk along with a hazardous waste basket and other equipment.

Conflicting Views on a Wider Police Use of DNA

By Eli Rosenberg, The New York Times | 02.10.2017

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U.S. States
Illustrative painting of a woolly mammoth in a green, lush landscape, and a blue sky.

How mammoth cloning became fake news

By John Hawks, Medium Science | 02.09.2017

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Media Coverage