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

China tightens its regulation of some human gene editing, labeling it ‘high-risk’

By Dennis Normile, Science | 02.28.2019

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Policies

‘Miraculous’ stem cell therapy has sickened people in five states

By William Wan and Laurie McGinley, The Washington Post | 02.27.2019

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Stem Cells

Chinese government funding may have been used for ‘CRISPR babies’ project, documents suggest

By Jane Qiu, STAT | 02.25.2019

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification

Double helix strand of DNA with backbone that is orange and bases that are green

DNA Gets a New — and Bigger — Genetic Alphabet

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 02.21.2019

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Synthetic Biology

Blue outline of human with detailed brain, in a web of connecting lines

China’s CRISPR twins might have had their brains inadvertently enhanced

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 02.21.2019

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Human Genetic Modification

China Uses DNA to Track Its People, With the Help of American Expertise

By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 02.21.2019

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Other Countries

Class of kindergartners and three teachers holding up paper turkeys

In China, some parents seek an edge with genetic testing for tots

By Michael Standaert, MIT Technology Review | 02.19.2019

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Genomics

Jerry Westrom Threw Away a Napkin Last Month. It Was Used to Charge Him in a 1993 Murder.

By Sarah Mervosh, The New York Times | 02.17.2019

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Genomics