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
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Iowa court upholds enforceability of surrogacy contracts

By Associated Press, Omaha World-Herald | 02.18.2018

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Human Rights
Basketball player, Stephen Curry, shooting

If You’re Gene Doping, Are Your Talents ‘Natural’?

By Thomas H. Murray, The Daily Beast | 02.18.2018

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
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You Can Control Your Baby's Sex — If You Believe In Babydust

By Rebecca Gale, Refinery29 [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.16.2018

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Bioethics
Three x-ray brain scans.

Gene-altering treatments are medicine’s best shot yet against Huntington’s disease

By Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review | 02.15.2018

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Technologies
An undifferentiated cell being differentiated into different cells. A switch is used to symbolize the changes made that allow the cell to differentiate differently.

'Less Than a Drop in the Bucket' -- Dueling Perspectives on California's First Stem Cell Royalty Check

By David Jensen, California Stem Cell Report [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 02.14.2018

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Policies
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In search of surrogates, foreign couples descend on Ukraine

By Kevin Ponniah, BBC | 02.13.2018

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Other Countries
Close-up view of microscope lens

Can This Company Convince You to Love GMOs?

By Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic | 02.12.2018

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Synthetic Biology
A calculator and eye glasses rest on piles of paper

Drugs Don’t Work If People Can’t Afford Them: The High Price Of Tisagenlecleucel

By Paul Kleutghen, David Mitchell, Aaron S. Kesselheim, Mehdi Najafzadeh, and Ameet Sarpatwari, HealthAffairs | 02.08.2018

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Synthetic Biology