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

20 years after the human genome was first sequenced, dangerous gene myths abound

By Philip Ball, The Guardian | 06.09.2021

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Society

a scientist doing lab research in a sterile environment

Expanding Biolab Complex in Berkeley Has Residents Worried

By Sharon Lerner, Lee Fang, The Intercept [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.09.2021

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Bioethics

Unproven stem cell interventions: A global public health problem requiring global deliberation

By Zubin Master, Kirstin R.W. Matthews, and Mohamed Abou-el-Enein, Stem Cell Reports | 06.08.2021

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Policies

“Emotional choreography” and the cross-border egg trade

By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech | 06.08.2021

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Assisted Reproduction

pipette and petrie dish under a microscope lens

Human Embryo Research Beyond 14 Days? International Perspectives

By Sheetal Soni and Françoise Baylis, Hastings Center Bioethics Forum | 06.07.2021

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Policies

Heritable Human Genome Editing: Who Decides Who Decides?

By Pete Shanks | 06.07.2021

Biopolitical Times

Human Genetic Modification

Genome editing technologies: some clarifications but no revision of the Oviedo Convention

By Council of Europe, Press Statement | 06.04.2021

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Policies

A complete human genome sequence is close: how scientists filled in the gaps

By Sara Reardon, Nature | 06.04.2021

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Genomics