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
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Disabling Utopia to Save It

By s.e. smith, The Nation | 07.14.2021

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Society
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Cleveland Clinic and Mount Sinai Won’t Administer Aduhelm to Patients

By Pam Belluck, New York Times | 07.14.2021

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Bioethics
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‘This is unprecedented’: Several private insurers won’t cover Biogen’s Alzheimer’s drug

By Jonathan Saltzman, Boston Globe | 07.13.2021

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Bioethics
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Why Clinical Ethicists Are Not Activists

By Carl Elliott, Hastings Center Report | 07.13.2021

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Biopolitics
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A secret algorithm is transforming DNA evidence. This defendant could be the first to scrutinize it.

By Justin Jouvenal, Boston Globe | 07.13.2021

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Genomics

W.H.O. Experts Seek Limits on Human Gene-Editing Experiments

By Gina Kolata, New York Times | 07.12.2021

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Policies
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Equity and access need to be at the forefront of innovation in human genome editing

By Jantina de Vries and Françoise Baylis, The Conversation | 07.12.2021

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Policies
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‘The Man Who Hated Women’ Is Mostly About the Women He Hated

By Jennifer Szalai, New York Times | 07.12.2021

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Arts & Culture