Technologies

The Russian Threat to Perform Human Germline Editing

By Pete Shanks | 06.25.2019
Biopolitical Times

On June 10, Nature published a story with this headline: “Russian biologist plans more CRISPR-edited babies.”

It was a moderately skeptical story about molecular biologist Denis Rebrikov, who hopes to do more successfully what He Jiankui attempted last year: to disable the CCR5 gene in human embryos, initiate pregnancies with them, and thus afford the resulting children some immunity to HIV (albeit at the cost of increased susceptibility to influenza and West Nile virus and possibly shorter life...

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Congress Wants to Give Companies the Right to Own Our Genes

By Lori Andrews, Guest Contributor | 06.18.2019
Biopolitical Times

Editors note: This article was originally published on ourbodiesourselves.org and is reposted here with generous permission from Our Bodies Our Selves.

Six years ago, on June 13, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court in AMP v. Myriad took a great step forward for women’s health by unanimously ruling that human genes could not be patented. Now a bipartisan group of Senators and Representatives have released a bill that would allow companies to own our genes once again.

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Genomics

Some Stem Cell Experts Want Out of Documentary After Funding Source Revealed

By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle | 06.15.2019

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A new documentary about stem cell therapy is being questioned by some of those who appear in it — prominent...

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Want to See My Genes? Get a Warrant

By Elizabeth Joh, The New York Times | 06.11.2019

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Someone broke into a church in Centerville, Utah, last November and attacked the organist who was practicing there. In March,...

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Senior Doctors Call for Crackdown on Home Genetic Testing Kits

By Hannah Devlin, The Guardian | 07.21.2019

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Disability Rights and Heritable Genome Editing: Resources for Teaching and Learning

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.19.2019
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CGS Statement on the Introduction of the Senate Resolution on Gene-editing Research

By Center for Genetics and Society | 07.16.2019
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How White Nationalists See What They Want to See in DNA Tests

By Heather Murphy, The New York Times | 07.12.2019

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‘Unimaginable Mishap’: Parents Sue CHA Fertility Center Alleging Babies Born Were Not Theirs

By Staff Writer, CBS Los Angeles [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.09.2019

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Assisted Reproduction

Russia's CRISPR "Deaf Babies": The Next Genome Editing Frontier?

By Jackie Leach Scully & Teresa Blankmeyer Burke, Guest Contributors | 07.09.2019
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'It's Totally Irresponsible': Canadian Ethicist Slams Rogue Russian's Plan to Edit Human Embryos

By Gemma Buck, National Post | 07.08.2019

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DNA-collecting Agencies Use Genetic Data for Research

By Isabelle Altman, The Dispatch [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 07.06.2019

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