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
A pot of boiling water cooks two corns.

Forget GMOs. The next big battle is over genetically ‘edited’ foods

By Caitlin Dewey, Washington Post | 06.13.2017

Aggregated News

Synthetic Biology
Microscopic photo of intracytoplasmic sperm injection.

The Fertility Doctor Trying to Commercialize Three-Parent Babies

By Emily Mullin, MIT Technology Review [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.13.2017

CGS-authored

Assisted Reproduction
A test tube rack is filled with test tubes. A gloved hand lifts one of the open test tubes, positioned to read the label.

Can the Law Enforcement's DNA Database Tell Police your Medical Information?

By Francie Diep, Pacific Standard | 06.12.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics
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A Controversial Study Is Tearing the CRISPR World Apart

By Kristen V. Brown, Gizmodo | 06.12.2017

Aggregated News

Biotech & Pharma
Hall displaying several Nobel Prize Laureates.

The “Nobel Prize Sperm Bank” Was Racist. It Also Helped Change the Fertility Industry

By Kat Eschner, Smithsonian Magazine | 06.09.2017

Aggregated News

Bioethics
Several containers, with clear liquid are placed side by side in a test tube rack.

FBI raids offices of lab that pays doctors to promote genetic tests

By Charles Piller, STAT | 06.08.2017

Aggregated News

U.S. Federal
A wall displays letters " ATCG" in various colors.

CRISPR DNA Editing Can Cause Hundreds of Off-Target Mutations

By Dave Roos, Seeker [cites Marcy Darnovsky] | 06.06.2017

Aggregated News

Bioethics
A mail-in kit, containing four long cotton swabs, placed in an envelope, with place holders for each cotton swab.

The dangers of mail-in genetic testing

By Daniel Munro, Maclean's | 06.05.2017

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Biotech & Pharma