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

By Amanda Mull, The Atlantic | 03.04.2019

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

By Rich Gardella and Erika Edwards, NBC News | 03.04.2019

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Policies
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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

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Genomics
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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
Blue human stem cell

‘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
He Jiankui in a lab

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

By Jane Qiu, STAT | 02.25.2019

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Human Genetic Modification
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DNA Gets a New — and Bigger — Genetic Alphabet

By Carl Zimmer, The New York Times | 02.21.2019

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Synthetic Biology
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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