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
Blue outline of human brain against blue electric circuitboards

A quick guide to the most important AI law you’ve never heard of

By Melissa Heikkilä, MIT Technology Review | 05.13.2022

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U.S. Federal
Doctor in white coat writing on a clipboard on a table next to an infant dressed in blue and a stethoscope

Full-genome screening for newborn babies is now on the cards

By Staff, The Economist | 05.13.2022

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Genomics
fertilizing an egg in vitro

Overturn of Roe could make IVF more complicated, costly

By Ariana Eunjung Cha and Emily Wax-Thibodeaux , The Washington Post | 05.11.2022

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Policies

“He is untouchable”: Penn officials allegedly cover up workplace abuse at James Wilson's Gene Therapy Program

By Katie Hasson | 05.11.2022
Biopolitical Times
Patents & Other IP
test tubes in a lab for sperm donation

‘Our Father’ TV Review: Sins of the Doctor

By John Anderson, The Wall Street Journal | 05.10.2022

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Assisted Reproduction
gavel and open book

Questions raised by the draft US Supreme Court decision on abortion

By Alison Motluk, HeyReprotech | 05.10.2022

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U.S. Federal
a cartoon image showing how CRISPR works

Base editing marches on the clinic

By Michael Eisenstein , Nature | 05.09.2022

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Human Genetic Modification

Remembrances of Sheldon Krimsky (1941-2022): Preeminent chronicler of conflict-of-interest and profit motive in the industry-university complex

By Stuart A. Newman, Guest Contributor | 05.09.2022
Biopolitical Times
Human Genetic Modification