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

One Small Step Toward Regulating Dubious Stem Cell Clinics

By Pete Shanks | 10.06.2017
Biopolitical Times
Stem Cells
Portrait of Kazuo Ishiguro

Nobel Winner Kazuo Ishiguro's ‘Never Let Me Go’ Predicted the Gene Editing Debate

By Ben Richmond, Vice Motherboard | 10.05.2017

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Human Genetic Modification
An Orphan Black promotional poster, featuring two side by side portraits of a woman, with the headline "I am not your property" and "I am not your weapon."

Why We Loved “Orphan Black”

By Elizabeth Preston, Neo.Life | 10.05.2017

Aggregated News

Human Cloning

How Tabloids Use Kim Kardashian Rumors to Misrepresent Surrogacy

By Kayla Tolentino | 10.05.2017
Biopolitical Times
Assisted Reproduction
Seven candles are lit in a darkened room.

Chrissy Teigen, Gabrielle Union, and More Women Who Are Bravely Sharing Their Fertility Struggles

By Vogue, Vogue | 10.04.2017

Aggregated News

Assisted Reproduction
A simple calculator reads "TAXES" on its screen. Beside the calculator is a ball point pen.

11th Circuit Denies Tax Deduction For Gay Man's Reproductive Expenses

By Peter J Reilly, Forbes | 10.03.2017

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Biopolitics
A bird's eye view of a spiraling staircase cascading downward.

Ethical and social implications of gene editing

By Malihe Razazan, KALW's Your Call [features Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.03.2017

CGS-authored

Society
Microscopic image of in vitro fertilization procedure in which a single sperm is injected directly into an egg

Genome editing of human embryos broadens ethics discussions

By Françoise Baylis, The Conversation | 10.01.2017

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Human Genetic Modification