Technologies

Will Putin Prevent Rebrikov from Attempting Heritable Genome Editing?

By Pete Shanks | 10.08.2019
Biopolitical Times
The Russian molecular biologist who wants to edit the genomes of human embryos is getting impatient with authorities who won't yet let him go ahead.
Policies

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

Despite Calls for a Moratorium, More ‘Three-Parent’ Babies Expected Soon

By Emily Mullin, One Zero | 09.16.2019

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At least 10 babies have been born to apparently infertile women as a result of a controversial in vitro fertilization...

Assisted Reproduction
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Inside the quest to engineer climate-saving “super trees”

By Boyce Upholt, MIT Technology Review | 06.08.2023

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Genomics
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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
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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
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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
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The quest for the era of personalised medicine

By David Cox, BBC | 06.04.2023

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Policies
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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
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‘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