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
blue sperm swimming

The great sperm heist: ‘They were playing with people’s lives’

By Jenny Kleeman, The Guardian | 09.25.2021

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Genomics

Regulating forensic genetic genealogy

By Natalie Ram, Erin E. Murphy, and Sonia M. Suter, Science | 09.24.2021

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U.S. Federal
Science article on eugenics 1921

A cautionary history of eugenics

By Adam Rutherford, Science | 09.24.2021

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Society
Cover of "The Genetic Lottery" by Kathryn Page Harden

Biology Meets Public Policy

By Aaron Panofsky, Science | 09.24.2021

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Genomics
photo of Elizabeth Holmes

Elizabeth Holmes moved ahead with Walgreens rollout despite internal concerns, former Theranos scientist testifies

By Sara Ashley O'Brien, CNN Business | 09.23.2021

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U.S. Federal
Arched gothic entrance to Royal Court of Justice in London

Woman with Down syndrome loses UK abortion law challenge

By Sylvia Hui, Associated Press | 09.23.2021

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Policies
Lab grown meat in a petri dish

Lab-grown meat is supposed to be inevitable. The science tells a different story.

By Joe Fassler, The Counter | 09.22.2021

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Synthetic Biology
a DNA helix on a dollar bill

What Does Global Health Justice Look Like With a Seven-Figure Drug?

By Kevin Doxzen and Diana M. Bowman, Slate | 09.22.2021

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Stem Cells