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

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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
genes

Engineering CRISPR Cures: An Interview with Fyodor Urnov

By Jonathan D. Grinstein, Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology News | 10.27.2023

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Genetic Selection
a person in a lab coat looks through a microscope

What If Men Could Make Their Own Egg Cells?

By Amy Dockser Marcus, The Wall Street Journal [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.27.2023

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Assisted Reproduction
a test tube with "DNA TEST" written on it, held by a gloved hand

From a Fledgling Genetic Science, A Murky Market for Predictions

By Ashley Smart, Undark | 10.27.2023

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Genetic Selection
DNA strand

Giant sloths and woolly mammoths: Mining past creatures’ DNA for future antibiotics

By Jason Mast , STAT | 10.25.2023

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Animal Biotechnologies
IVF test tube and insurance card

Infertility gets a new, expanded definition to address ‘the reality of all’ seeking care, medical group says

By Jacqueline Howard, CNN | 10.23.2023

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Society
Logo of Verve Therapeutics

Verve’s base editing hold lifted, starting a thaw on a regulatory blockade that sent peers ex-US

By Annalee Armstrong and Max Bayer, Fierce Biotech | 10.23.2023

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Human Genetic Modification
Biotechnology exhibition featuring a model of DNA

‘Techno-Optimism’ is Not Something You Should Believe In

By Jag Bhalla & Nathan J. Robinson, Current Affairs | 10.20.2023

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Biopolitics
Scientist administering gene therapy

Most of today’s gene therapies rely on viruses — and that’s a problem

By Tina Hesman Saey, Science News | 10.20.2023

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Human Genetic Modification