Technologies

Will Putin Prevent Rebrikov from Attempting Heritable Genome Editing?

By Pete Shanks | 10.08.2019

Biopolitical Times

The Russian molecular biologist who wants to edit the genomes of human embryos is getting impatient with authorities who won't yet let him go ahead.

Policies

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

Despite Calls for a Moratorium, More ‘Three-Parent’ Babies Expected Soon

By Emily Mullin, One Zero | 09.16.2019

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At least 10 babies have been born to apparently infertile women as a result of a controversial in vitro fertilization...

Assisted Reproduction

How to Make Cloning Pay

By Pete Shanks | 07.23.2025

Biopolitical Times

A "Post-Human" Future?

Sperm donor app is a ‘serious risk’, warns regulator

By Emma Haslett, The Observer | 07.05.2025

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Other Countries

What Is Pronatalism? The Trump Admin-Backed Movement That Explains Elon Musk's Many Kids

By Jamie Marsella, Teen Vogue | 07.02.2025

Aggregated News

U.S. Federal

Beware the new eugenics

By Joel Kotkin, UnHerd | 07.01.2025

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification

Elon Musk and JD Vance Want You to Breed. A Lot.

By Al Letson, Reveal | 06.28.2025

Aggregated News

Genetic Selection

Graphic of a scientist looking at sperm and an egg under a microscope

The darker side of infertility

By Pat Duggins, Alabama Public Radio | 06.27.2025

Aggregated News

Assisted Reproduction

Work begins to create artificial human DNA from scratch

By Pallab Gosh and Gwyndaf Hughes, BBC News | 06.26.2025

Aggregated News

Genomics

The tech billionaires and rogue scientists moving to commercialize CRISPR babies

By Marcy Darnovsky | 06.26.2025

Biopolitical Times

Genetic Selection