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
DNA on Money

Super Expensive Startup “Screening” Parents’ Embryos for IQ

By Maggie Harrison Dupré, Futurism [cites CGS' Katie Hasson] | 10.19.2024

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Genetic Selection
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Give Cas a Chance: An Actionable Path to a Platform for CRISPR Cures

By Fyodor Urnov, The CRIPSR Journal | 10.18.2024

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Genomics
tasmanian tiger

‘De-Extinction’ Company Says It’s Very, Very Close to a Complete Tasmanian Tiger Genome

By Isaac Schultz, Gizmodo | 10.18.2024

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Animal Biotechnologies
a skull with technology

The New Artificial Intelligentsia

By Ruha Benjamin, Los Angeles Review of Books | 10.18.2024

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A "Post-Human" Future?
Gene editing and scientist

US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’

By Hannah Devlin, Tom Burgis, David Pegg, and Jason Wilson, The Guardian [cites CGS’ Katie Hasson] | 10.18.2024

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Genetic Selection
embryo

Testing for desirable embryos inconsistent and unreliable, new study says

By Tomoko Otake, The Japan Times | 10.17.2024

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Human Genetic Modification
Donald Trump

Trump says he's the 'father of IVF' — and that he just recently learned what it is

By Dareh Gregorian, NBC News | 10.17.2024

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Policies
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Revealed: International ‘race science’ network secretly funded by US tech boss

By David Pegg, Tom Burgis, Hannah Devlin and Jason Wilson, The Guardian | 10.16.2024

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