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

"Woolly" is a Relentlessly Optimistic Book about De-Extinction

By Pete Shanks | 07.18.2017
Biopolitical Times
Society
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Is Gene Editing Out of Control?

By The Inquiry, BBC [features Marcy Darnovsky] | 07.16.2017

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification
A pile of cotton swabs.

Scientists Push Back Against Booming Genetic Pseudoscience Market

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 07.14.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics
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Who needs film when you can store a movie in bacteria DNA?

By Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times | 07.13.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics
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The Brave New World of Gene Editing

By Matthew Cobb, New York Review of Books | 07.13.2017

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Bioethics
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Gene Editing Controversy Reminds Us Just How Much Money Influences Science

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 07.06.2017

Aggregated News

Society
Three cotton swabs lay inside of a DNA testing kit.

Why You Should Think Twice About Those DNA-By-Mail Results

By Barbara J. King, NPR | 07.06.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics

A Crack in Creation: A Review of Jennifer Doudna’s Memoir on CRISPR

By Jessica Cussins | 07.06.2017
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification