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

World Bioethics Day: Human Dignity and Human Rights

By Leah Lowthorp, Biopolitical Times | 10.19.2016
Biopolitical Times
Other Countries
Cultured HeLa cells [Wikimedia]

What Stem Cell Researchers Talk About When They Talk About Ethics

By Danielle Venton, KQED | 10.18.2016

Aggregated News

Genomics

7 Highlights from Nuffield Council’s Review on the Ethics of Genome Editing

By Jessica Cussins, Biopolitical Times guest contributor | 10.18.2016
Biopolitical Times
Human Rights
Three mice lay on top of each other, in a burrowed hole.

Mouse eggs made from skin cells in a dish

By David Cyranoski, Nature | 10.17.2016

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Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights
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Meet Prelude Fertility, The $200 Million Startup That Wants To Stop The Biological Clock

By Miguel Helft, Forbes [citing CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 10.17.2016

CGS-authored

Assisted Reproduction
A bird shell is broken open, with outlines of cracks along its surface,

The Misleading Promise of I.V.F. for Women Over 40

By Jane E. Brody, The New York Times | 10.17.2016

Aggregated News

Biopolitics
A bottle of prescribed morphine lays open. Light blue morphine tablets surround the bottle. Credit card appears out of focus in the background.

Can a DNA Test Really Predict Opiate Addiction?

By Zachary Siegel, The Daily Beast | 10.15.2016

Aggregated News

Bioethics
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DNA database could help predict your disease — then get you fired

By David Lazarus, Los Angeles Times | 10.14.2016

Aggregated News

Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights