Society

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

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

By Adam Hayden, Science | 09.30.2019

Aggregated News

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

Aggregated News

Prospective people are not any doctor’s patient, nor are they any future parent’s property to be made to order.
Animal Biotechnologies
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If I Could Use Gene Therapy to Cure My Manic-Depression, I Don’t Know Whether I Would

By Tana Wojczuk, Slate | 09.21.2021

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Human Genetic Modification
Office building with 23andMe logo

What Is 23andMe Doing With Your DNA?

By Kara Swisher, The New York Times | 09.20.2021

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U.S. Federal

Scientists should counter the myth of biological race

By Marcia L. O’Connell, Zachariah I. Grochau-Wright, and Christopher T. Fisher, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 09.20.2021

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Society
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“Gattaca” and the Ethics of Genetic Selection

By David K. Johnson, The Great Courses Daily [cites CGS' Marcy Darnovsky] | 09.19.2021

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Genetic Selection

Jeopardy!, Eugenics and Me

By Cynthia Greenlee, Harper's Bazaar | 09.17.2021

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Eugenics
HIV and AIDS spelled in block letters

Temple researchers take another step toward curing HIV

By Marie McCullough, The Philadelphia Inquirer | 09.17.2021

Aggregated News

Human Genetic Modification

Picking Embryos With Best Health Odds Sparks New DNA Debate

By Carey Goldberg, Bloomberg | 09.17.2021

Aggregated News

Genetic Selection
Speaker standing in front of crowd with Gingko Bioworks logo projected behind her

Biology Starts to Get a Technological Makeover

By Steve Lohr, The New York Times | 09.16.2021

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Synthetic Biology