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 clock is featured in the background of a stack of coins.

Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Announces $3 Billion Investment To Cure All Disease

By Eyder Peralta, NPR | 09.21.2016

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Media Coverage
Two teammates of a tug-of-war game are pictured, with competitive looks on their faces as they cling to the rope. Onlookers look entertained.

Cut-Throat Academia Leads to 'Natural Selection of Bad Science', Claims Study

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 09.20.2016

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Biopolitics
Patient's arm is injected.

Patients Turn To San Diego Stem Cell Companies For Costly, Unproven Treatments

By David Wagner, KPBS | 09.20.2016

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Stem Cells
Crime scene tape, gloves, and packages of evidence are stacked in a pile on a desk.

White House science advisers urge Justice Dept., judges to raise forensic standards

By Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post | 09.20.2016

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Racial Justice
Canadian flag flies against the winter air.

Why we need a law to prevent genetic discrimination

By Yvonne Bombard, Ronald Cohn & Stephen Scherer, The Globe and Mail [Canada] | 09.19.2016

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
Darkened image of a pregnant woman's torso, showing only a side view of her stomach. She is holding the bottom of her stomach.

Why Some Of India's Surrogate Moms Are Full Of Regret

By Julie McCarthy, NPR | 09.18.2016

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Bioethics
Illustrated picture of a patient inside of a doctor's office.

Everything you wanted to know about genetic engineering in one chirpy video

By Michael Cook, BioEdge [citing CGS' Elliot Hosman] | 09.16.2016

CGS-authored

Synthetic Biology
Three wine glasses are pictured. One glass has a red liquid, another has a blue liquid. The final glass picture has a clear transparency, which displays the red and blue glasses through it.

US toughens rules for clinical-trial transparency

By Sara Reardon, Nature News | 09.16.2016

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Bioethics