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

Biopolitical News of 2018

By Pete Shanks | 01.06.2019
Biopolitical Times
Policies
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It’s the End of the Gene As We Know It

By Ken Richardson, Nautilus | 01.03.2019

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Society
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Baby DNA tests raise as many questions as answers

By Carolyn Y. Johnson, The Washington Post | 01.03.2019

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Genomics
J. Benjamin Hurlbut

Human genome editing: ask whether, not how

By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Nature | 01.02.2019

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Human Genetic Modification

From sex selection to surrogates, American IVF clinics provide services outlawed elsewhere

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 12.31.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
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Are fertility drugs safe? The industry says yes; critics worry they’re overprescribed.

By Ariana Eunjung Cha, The Washington Post | 12.27.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
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Surrogacy Should Be Regulated, but the New Bill Falls Short

By Deepa V., Sarojini Nadimpally and Oshin Siao Bhatt, The Wire | 12.20.2018

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Policies
A group of Japanese 10 year olds sitting at there school desks.

Academic society to retract push for eugenic protection law 66 yrs after its proposal

By Norikazu Chiba, The Mainichi | 12.19.2018

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