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

Aggregated News

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

Assisted Reproduction

Would-be Parents as Prey

By Kimberly Mutcherson, Pop A.R.T. Guest Columnist | 03.11.2019
Biopolitical Times
Arts & Culture

Are CRISPR Babies Healthy? Enhanced? Speculation Takes a Disturbing Turn

By Katie Hasson | 03.08.2019
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification
Family tree with 7 generations

Our Twisted DNA

By Tim Flannery, The New York Review of Books [Cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 03.07.2019

Aggregated News

Society

Cash Problems at California’s Stem Cell Program

By Pete Shanks | 03.05.2019
Biopolitical Times
Stem Cells
A gloved hand holds a large syringe that is partially filled with bone marrow

Ten years after the ‘Berlin patient,’ doctors announce a second person has been effectively ‘cured’ of HIV

By Kate Sheridan, STAT | 03.04.2019

Aggregated News

Stem Cells
eggs under microscope

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

By Amanda Mull, The Atlantic | 03.04.2019

Aggregated News

Assisted Reproduction
Two parents holding a baby

Heartbreak, anxiety, lawsuits: The egg-freezing disaster a year later

By Rich Gardella and Erika Edwards, NBC News | 03.04.2019

Aggregated News

Policies
Gloved hand holding DNA results with dyed purple columns on clear plate

One Twin Committed the Crime — but Which One? A New DNA Test Can Finger the Culprit

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 03.01.2019

Aggregated News

Genomics