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
A close-up on a light-skinned hand holding a tube to spit in for sending into a DNA analysis company and getting back results on genetic ancestry.

The DNA Industry's Role in the Erosion of Native Rights

By Aviva Chomsky, TruthDig | 12.02.2018

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Genomics
Francis COllins, director of the National Institutes of Health, is pictured sitting down in a white coat.

An ‘epic scientific misadventure’: NIH head Francis Collins ponders fallout from CRISPR baby study

By Jon Cohen, Science | 11.30.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
An old medical drawing shows 7 individual sperm overlapping one another.

Despite CRISPR baby controversy, Harvard University will begin gene-editing sperm

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 11.29.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
15 colored pencils stand upright spanning the color spectrum from yellow to green to blue to indigo to red to orange to brown to gray.

Designer Babies Are Here. What's the Next Edit?

By Emily Mullin, Neo.Life/Medium | 11.29.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
A train sits stopped in a Beijing train station.

China Halts Work by Scientist Who Says He Edited Babies’ Genes

By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times | 11.29.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
Scientist in dark room bent over looking at a petri dish

The Chinese gene-editing experiment was an outrage. The scientific community shares blame.

By J. Benjamin Hurlbut, Sheila Jasanoff and Krishanu Saha, The Washington Post | 11.29.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
Blue double helix DNA on black background

Science Summit Denounces Gene-Edited Babies Claim, But Rejects Moratorium

By Rob Stein, National Public Radio [cites CGS] | 11.29.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
Process of IVF--blue egg being injected on blue background

Organizers of gene-editing meeting blast Chinese study but call for ‘pathway’ to human trials

By Dennis Normile, Science [cites CGS] | 11.29.2018

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Human Genetic Modification