Pete Shanks

Pete Shanks, MA, attended Oxford University, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, and moved to California in the mid-1970s. He has been active in a range of local and international political movements, while mostly making his living in the publishing industry, especially on the production side; he enjoys the craft of bookmaking. Appalled by the eugenic possibilities of biotechnology, he has consulted with the Center for Genetics and Society since its earliest days. He is the author of Human Genetic Engineering: A Guide for Activists, Skeptics, and the Very Perplexed (Nation Books) and a regular contributor to Biopolitical Times.

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Biopolitical Times

David Jensen, who writes the essential California Stem Cell Report blog, published a detailed front-page article in the Sacramento Bee...

Stem-cell clinics can be found around the world: Mexico, South Korea, the Philippines, China and many other countries. Several have...

New Scientist is a British-based popular science magazine. It’s been around for 60 years, which is long enough to stumble...