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

'Rapid DNA' Promises Breakthroughs in Solving Crimes. So Why Does It Face a Backlash?

By Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times | 09.25.2019

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As applications of advancing DNA forensics continue to become more accessible, some worry that police may misuse this technology.
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
facial recognition

Who Should Stop Unethical A.I.?

By Matthew Hutson, The New Yorker | 02.15.2021

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Society
Donor egg

Student debt is driving more Americans to donate their eggs — and some suffer lasting complications

By Diane Tober, Salon | 02.15.2021

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Perspectives
Human brain model

Tiny Blobs of Brain Cells Could Reveal How Your Mind Differs From a Neanderthal’s

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 02.11.2021

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Genomics
Human genome graphic

The next 20 years of human genomics must be more equitable and more open

By Nature Staff, Nature | 02.10.2021

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Genomics

New Data Confirm the Need to Regulate the US Assisted Reproduction Industry

By Pete Shanks | 02.10.2021
Biopolitical Times
Genetic Selection
Pregnant woman

Police bust alleged illegal surrogacy ring, Thai women allegedly gave birth for overseas buyers

By Caitlin Ashworth, The Thaiger | 02.07.2021

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Other Countries
Human genome

Complicated legacies: The human genome at 20

By Kahryn Maxson Jones, et al., Science | 02.05.2021

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Genomics
Ancestry analysis

DNA and Our Twenty-First-Century Ancestors

By Duana Fullwiley, Boston Review | 02.04.2021

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Society