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 nurse examines a newborn baby through a transport incubator

Trying to Embrace the Cure

By Sheila Black, New York Times | 05.31.2017

Aggregated News

Genetic Selection
Portrait photo of Jennifer Doudna casually dressed and smiling in front of shaded trees.

Genome editing: That's the way the CRISPR crumbles

By Nathaniel Comfort, Nature | 05.31.2017

Aggregated News

Patents & Other IP
A collage of six cover stories about CRISPR from MIT Texh Review, The Ecnomist, Time, Spectator, Nature, and Wired

Human Gene Editing: A Timeline of CRISPR Cover Stories

U.S. Federal

The Ongoing Tale About "The Handmaid's Tale"

By Ayesha Chatterjee, Guest Contributor | 05.26.2017
Biopolitical Times
Arts & Culture
Microscopic image of a mesenchymal stem cell

Stem cells show promise – but they also have a darker side

By Jill Johnson, The Conversation | 05.25.2017

Aggregated News

Media Coverage
A white male reads over a pile of genetic testing kit contents on a kitchen stove top.

The direct-to-consumer genetic testing fog

By Timothy Caulfield, Policy Options | 05.25.2017

Aggregated News

Genomics
A DNA spit kit is shown, featuring a container and a specimen bag.

Ancestry.com denies exploiting users' DNA

By Harry Kretchmer, You and Yours, BBC Radio 4 | 05.25.2017

Aggregated News

Biotech & Pharma
A black and white image of a robotic hand lightly grasping a human hand.

Are we about to witness the most unequal societies in history?

By Yuval Noah Harari, The Guardian | 05.24.2017

Aggregated News

Biopolitics