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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Gene Treatment for Rare Epilepsy Causes Brain Side Effect in 2 Children

By Erika Check Hayden, The New York Times | 10.26.2022

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Genomics
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How scientists want to make you young again

By Antonio Regalado, MIT Technology Review | 10.25.2022

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Human Genetic Modification
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Why gay men and other groups are banned from donating sperm

By Amber Ferguson, The Washington Post | 10.20.2022

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Policies
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America has a Black sperm donor shortage. Black women are paying the price.

By Amber Ferguson, The Washington Post | 10.20.2022

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Public Opinion
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These Doctors Admit They Don’t Want Patients With Disabilities

By Gina Kolata, The New York Times | 10.19.2022

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Biopolitics
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The first Indigenous female surgeon in Canada is battling for health justice

By McKenzie Prillaman, Nature | 10.19.2022

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Other Countries
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Imperialism’s long shadow: the UK universities grappling with a colonial past

By Philip Ball, Nature | 10.19.2022

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Bioethics
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Counter the weaponization of genetics research by extremists

By Jedidiah Carlson, Brenna M. Henn, Dana R. Al-Hindi, and Sohini Ramachandran, Nature | 10.19.2022

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Society