Society

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

A New Book Offers an Introduction to the Ethical Dimensions of Germline Gene Editing

By Adam Hayden, Science | 09.30.2019

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With Altered Inheritance, bioethicist Françoise Baylis has authored a vivid call to action that “aims to bridge the divides between theory, science, politics, and practice.”
Human Genetic Modification

It’s Past Time to Compensate Survivors of Eugenic Sterilization

By Emily Galpern | 09.25.2019
Biopolitical Times
Each passing year, more people die who would be eligible for reparations after involuntary sterilization in California.
Reproductive Justice, Health & Rights

Dr. Stuart Newman: “It Seems to Me That We Are Headed for A Techno-Eugenic Future”

By Mohsen Abdelmoumen, American Herald Tribune | 09.05.2019

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Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies

Controversial mitochondrial donation legislation passed after conscience vote

By Sarah Martin, The Guardian | 12.01.2021

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Human Genetic Modification

Gene-edited livestock: robust rules needed before approval, say ethicists

By Ian Sample, The Guardian | 12.01.2021

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Synthetic Biology
Earth in a pair of hands

Biology is a spectrum: Life on Earth is complex and irreducible

By Dan Samorodnitsky, Massive Science | 11.30.2021

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Biopolitics
Cover of the book "The Genetic Lottery" by Kathryn Paige Harden

The Genetic Lottery is a bust for both genetics and policy

By Kevin Bird, Massive Science | 11.29.2021

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U.S. Federal

New research casts fresh doubt on a common procedure that promises to increase the odds of IVF

By Isabella Cueto, STAT | 11.26.2021

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U.S. Federal

The UK Government Wants to Sequence Your Baby’s Genome

By Grace Browne, Wired UK | 11.25.2021

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Genomics
Baby crawling within a DNA helix

The CRISPR children

By Vivien Marx, Nature Biotechnology | 11.24.2021

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Human Genetic Modification

How Egg Freezing & IVF Clinics Are Putting Women At Risk

By Vicky Spratt, Refinery29 | 11.22.2021

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Public Opinion