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

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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
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Why We Need to Rethink Ethnicity-Based Genetic Testing

By Shivani Nazareth, US News & World Report | 11.07.2016

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Assisted Reproduction
DNA Microarray

Sorry, that DNA test doesn't make you indigenous

By The 180 with Jim Brown, CBC Radio | 11.06.2016

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Biopolitics
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Where Traditional DNA Testing Fails, Algorithms Take Over

By Lauren Kirchner, ProPublica | 11.04.2016

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Genomics
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America’s ambivalence about race is seeping into science

By Taunya English, The Pulse, Newsworks | 11.04.2016

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Genetic Selection
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13 Urgent Science and Health Issues the Candidates Have Not Been Talking About

By C.U.N.Y. Graduate School of Journalism, Scientific American | 11.03.2016

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Human Genetic Modification
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Germany's sperm bank plans leaked

By Ben Knight, Deutsche Welle | 11.03.2016

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Bioethics
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Cambodia bans booming commercial surrogacy industry

By AFP, Channel News Asia | 11.03.2016

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Other Countries
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"Personalized nutrition" isn’t going to solve our diet problems

By Julia Belluz, Vox | 11.02.2016

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Bioethics