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

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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
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Should We Use Gene Editing to Make Better Babies?

By John Donvan, WNYC and Open to Debate [with Marcy Darnovsky] | 04.23.2026

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A Startup Says It Grew Human Sperm in a Lab—and Used It to Make Embryos

By Emily Mullin, Wired | 04.23.2026

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Assisted Reproduction

‘I didn’t come here to get rich’: new research on the lives of Ukrainian women in Georgia’s surrogacy boom

By Olga Oleinikova, Medea Badashvili, and Polina Vlasenko | 04.23.2026
Biopolitical Times
Other Countries
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Personalized CRISPR therapies could soon reach thousands — here’s how

By Fyodor D. Urnov and Sadik H. Kassim, Nature | 04.21.2026

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Policies
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Eugenics and the Genetics Society

By Alex Aylward, Daniel J. Fairbanks, Maria Kiladi, and Gregory Radick , Heredity | 04.20.2026

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U.S. Federal
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Developing an international framework for stem-cell-based embryo models

By Alfonso Martinez Arias, Nicolas Rivron, and Naomi Moris, BioNews | 04.20.2026

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Stem Cells
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Belgium strengthens oversight after sperm donor family limits breached

By George Janes, BioNews | 04.20.2026

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Policies
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Creating Baby Geniuses to Thwart the AI Threat? (Yes, Really.)

By Abby Vesoulis, Mother Jones | 04.18.2026

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Genetic Selection