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.
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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

A Short History of Our “Genes of the Week”

By Pete Shanks | 07.27.2018
Biopolitical Times
Society
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Public Views of Gene Editing for Babies Depend on How It Would Be Used

By Cary Funk and Meg Hefferon, Pew Research Center | 07.26.2018

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Society
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Drug giant Glaxo teams up with DNA testing company 23andMe

By Maggie Fox, NBC News | 07.25.2018

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Society
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CRISPR plants now subject to tough GM laws in European Union

By Ewen Callaway, Nature | 07.25.2018

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Synthetic Biology
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Major CRISPR errors were discovered by chance

By Katherine Lindemann, Research Gate | 07.23.2018

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Human Genetic Modification
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IVF at 40: revisiting the revolution in assisted reproduction

By Heidi Ledford, Nature | 07.23.2018

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Assisted Reproduction
A lab technician places oocyte vials in storage compartment.

Woman sues Toronto fertility clinic for loss of her eggs

By Peter Goffin, The Globe and Mail | 07.22.2018

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Other Countries
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Tech firms in Israel are giving workers a day off to protest the country’s anti-LGBT surrogacy law

By David Kaufman, Quartz | 07.20.2018

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