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

CIRM Faces Its Future

By Pete Shanks | 08.14.2018
Biopolitical Times
Stem Cells
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DNA ancestry tests may look cheap. But your data is the price

By Adam Rutherford, The Guardian | 08.10.2018

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Society
Lab technician pipettes fluid into small flasks.

US scientist who edited human embryos with CRISPR responds to critics

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 08.08.2018

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
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The Evolving State of Human Germline Editing

By Katie Hasson, GeneWatch | 08.06.2018

CGS-authored

Human Genetic Modification
Writing on genes

Podcast: Why We Need to Discuss Gene Editing and Ethics

By Jack Murtha, Healthcare Analytics News [with CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 08.03.2018

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
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23andMe's Pharma Deals Have Been the Plan All Along

By Megan Molteni, Wired | 08.03.2018

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Society
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‘Glaring Gap’ Seen in DNA Privacy Pledges by 23andMe, Ancestry

By Kristen V Brown, Bloomberg | 08.02.2018

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Genomics

UK’s Nuffield Council Releases Report on Human Genome Editing

By Katie Hasson | 08.02.2018
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification