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
He Jiankui at the 2018 panel where he revealed the news.

His baby gene editing shocked ethicists. Now he's in the lab again

By John Ruwitch, NPR | 06.08.2023

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Genomics
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Opposing Laboratory Manufacture of Children from Gamete-like Cells

By Staff, Alliance for Humane Biotechnology | 06.07.2023

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Stem Cells
A person in a crowd at a black lives matter protest holding up a sign that says "black women's lives matter"

AI in medicine needs to be carefully deployed to counter bias – and not entrench it

By Ryan Levi and Dan Gorenstein, NPR | 06.06.2023

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Bioethics
A bunch of DNA strands colored purple on a black background

Why we can almost guarantee that genetic enhancement will never be fairly distributed

By Sinead Prince, Journal of Medical Ethics Blog | 06.06.2023

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Human Genetic Modification
the arm of a child with two small bandaids on it

The quest for the era of personalised medicine

By David Cox, BBC | 06.04.2023

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Policies
stem cells dyed yellow on a green background

High on Selling Hope, Less So on Production of Revolutionary Therapies

By David Jensen, The California Stem Cell Report | 06.04.2023

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Synthetic Biology
a piece of DNA colored white over an american dollar bill on a blue background

‘It’s a vote for hope’: first gene therapy for muscular dystrophy nears approval, but will it work?

By Sara Reardon, Nature | 06.02.2023

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Genomics
a row of books

The best books on genetic engineering (including CRISPR) and designer babies

By Françoise Baylis, Shepherd | 06.02.2023

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Society