Technologies

China tightens its regulation of some human gene editing, labeling it ‘high-risk’

By Dennis Normile, Science | 02.28.2019

Aggregated News

In the wake of the shocking news that one of its scientists had produced genetically altered babies, the Chinese government this week issued draft regulations that would require national approval for clinical research involving gene editing and other “high-risk biomedical...

Human Genetic Modification

The New, Invasive Ways Women Are Encouraged to Freeze Their Eggs

By Amanda Mull, The Atlantic | 03.04.2019

Aggregated News

One of the Instagram ads for Extend Fertility, a New York–based egg-freezing service for women, presents two images. First, there’s a hand with freshly manicured nails, followed by a sassy pink cartoon of a human egg with big eyes and...

Assisted Reproduction

Genetically modifying future children isn’t just wrong. It would harm all of us

By Marcy Darnovsky, The Guardian | 07.17.2018

Op-Ed

The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has taken what it clearly regards as a brave new step: it has openly...

Human Genetic Modification

Designer babies aren’t futuristic. They’re already here.

By Laura Hercher, MIT Technology Review | 10.22.2018

Aggregated News

At first, Matthew assumed the weakness in his knee was the sort of orthopedic nuisance that happens when you turn...

Technologies
Man surveying land

Human Genome Editing: Our Future Belongs to All of Us

By Françoise Baylis, Issues in Science and Technology | 05.15.2019

Aggregated News

Technologies

Moratorium on Germline Gains Momentum

By Pete Shanks | 05.09.2019
Biopolitical Times
Technologies
doctor's hand holding stethoscope

A Decades-Old Doctor’s Secret Leads to New Fertility-Fraud Law

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 05.07.2019

Aggregated News

Assisted Reproduction
Mother holding young child

Whom does your DNA belong to? Hint, it’s not just you.

By Eoin O'Carroll, The Christian Science Monitor [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 05.06.2019

Aggregated News

Technologies

Talking Biopolitics: A Conversation with Tina Stevens and Stuart Newman

By avandervalk | 05.06.2019
Biopolitical Times
Technologies

Book Review: 'Can Science Make Sense of Life?'

By Pete Shanks | 05.03.2019
Biopolitical Times
Technologies

Update on Legal Challenge to California’s DNA Retention Policy

By CGS | 05.02.2019
Genomics
Gavel sitting next to two books

Judge Poised to Advance Suit Over California DNA Collection

By Nicholas Iovino, Courthouse News Service | 05.01.2019

Aggregated News

Genomics