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

European Union: Gene Therapy

By Eurobarometer, Eurobarometer | 07.01.2006

Aggregated News

Society

Biotech execs: No sharing of stem-cell research

By Steve Johnson, San Jose Mercury News | 06.30.2006

Aggregated News

Patents & Other IP

Progressive Values and Stem Cell Research at Take Back America

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CGS Associate Director Marcy Darnovsky spoke on a key panel about progressive values at Take Back America, the Campaign for America’s Future’s award-winning annual conference. The gathering brought together more than two thousand progressives from around the country. The other speakers on the panel were Cecile Richards, President, Planned Parenthood Federation of America; Joe Solmonese, President, Human Rights Campaign; and, Wade Henderson, President, Leadership Council on Civil Rights.

Read the full text of Darnovsky’s talk, "Stem Cell Politics and Progressive Values," in PDF format.

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Reception for Publication of "Stem Cells and Public Policy"

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Submitted by admin on Fri, 03/30/2007 - 00:00

The Century Foundation and

The Center for Genetics and Society

will discuss the issues raised in the new publication

Stem Cells and Public Policy

Friday, June 16
12:00 noon - 1:30 pm
Lunch will be served

The Century Foundation
41 East 70th Street
New York City, New York

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As the US Senate prepares to vote on stem cell legislation, a new title in The Century Foundation Basics series, Stem Cells and Public Policy, offers informed lay readers a comprehensive overview of the complex scientific, ethical and policy issues that stem cell research raises.

Join authors Richard Hayes, Executive Director of the Center for Genetics and Society, and Leif Wellington Haase, Senior Program Officer and Health Care Fellow at the Century Foundation, to discuss how we can ensure that stem cell research proceeds in a manner consistent with the public interest.

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