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

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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

Risks Versus Ratings: How Will Michelle’s Memoir Reframe Conversations Around Infertility?

By Ayesha Chatterjee, Pop A.R.T. Guest Columnist | 11.16.2018
Biopolitical Times
Media Coverage
Process of IVF--blue egg being injected on blue background

Private IVF clinics urged to stop charging for expensive add-ons

By Matthew Weaver, The Guardian | 11.12.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
Mosquito on skin

The promise and peril of gene drives

By Briefing, The Economist | 11.08.2018

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Animal Biotechnologies
Newborn baby lying on white towel

Life span has little to do with genes, analysis of large ancestry database shows

By Sharon Begley, Stat News | 11.06.2018

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Genomics
White pencil made out of a strand of DNA, on a blue background

Join the debate on human genome editing!

By Yeyang Su, Impact Ethics [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 11.03.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
Person coming out of double helix DNA strand

Was I part British, part Dutch, a little bit Jewish? The oddness of DNA tests.

By Debra Bruno, The Washington Post | 11.03.2018

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Genomics
Underwater coral reef

Editing nature: Scientists call for careful oversight of environmental gene editing

By Yale University, Phys | 11.01.2018

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Synthetic Biology
Red squirrel

Researchers launch plan to sequence 66,000 species in the United Kingdom. But that’s just a start

By Erik Stokstad, Science | 11.01.2018

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Animal Biotechnologies