Biopolitical Times
Cloning, de-extinction, and possibly human applications
The following is an edited excerpt. Antonio Regalado of MIT Technology Review got a nicescoop at the TEDx DeExtinctionconference: George Church and Robert Lanza ...
The ethics of reviving species
The following is an excerpt. Stewart Brand, long-time environmentalist turned techno-enthusiast, shares a knack for publicity with George Church, the ...
The Gattaca app for your smartphone
The following is an edited excerpt. Human Variome Project founder Robert Cotton has an idea for a new gizmo that ...
GM baby debate heavy on rhetoric, not thoughtfulness
The following is an excerpt. A debate on the question “Should We Prohibit Genetically Engineered Babies?,” sponsored by Intelligence Squared, took place ...
Al Gore: Human biotech is a “driver of global change”
The following is an edited excerpt. Al Gore has recently released The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change. One of the ...
Race as biology in The New York Times
The following is an excerpt. Writing in The New York Times, science journalist Nicholas Wade reports on the recent discovery that ...
Israel admits targeting Ethiopian Jews for compulsory contraception
The following is an excerpt. After five years of denials, Israeli government officials have admitted to targeting Ethiopian Jewish immigrant ...
Prenatal tests racing from theory to practice
The following is an excerpt. Only a couple of years ago, people were amazed at the idea of genetically testing ...
Neanderthal cloning media blitz was not just a poor translation
The following is an excerpt. George Church hit a nerve when he recently discussed re-creating Neanderthals with an "adventurous human ...
Center for Genetics in Society excuses White House politicization of FDA, blasts GM salmon
The Biopolitical Times attacks GLP for reporting that the White House illegally and unethically intervened in a scientific review process ...
New business plans for direct-to-consumer gene testing industry
Two of the major players in the gene testing industry -- 23andMe and Family Tree DNA -- along with upstart ...
Bioethics by Donna Dickenson: A review
Donna Dickenson, Emeritus Professor of Medical Ethics and Humanities at the University of London, has written a highly accessible guide ...
Should the FDA regulate DTC genome sequencing?
The Direct-to-Consumer (DTC) gene testing industry has generated a lot of press over the last five or six years. But ...
Embryos for sale
For those who have struggled with the emotional, physical, and monetary stresses of trying unsuccessfully to start a family by ...
Center for Genetics and Society launches campaign against mitochondrial gene therapy
The Center for Genetics and Society, known categorical rejection of the most innovative forms of gene therapy, has launched a ...
Frozen egg banks – A “paradigm shift” for the fertility industry?
Advertising for frozen egg banks has recently kicked into high gear. The spread of large frozen egg banks also see ...
Center for Genetics and Society escalates attack on life-saving gene therapy
CGS, a "progressive" but uber conservative-minded advocacy group that opposes many medical technology innovations is continuing its campaign against gene ...
FDA challenges stem cell therapy companies
The Food and Drug Administration is stepping up its oversight of companies selling unproven and unlicensed stem-cell therapies and emerging ...
ACLU asks Supreme Court to rule on gene patents
The ACLU has petitioned the US Supreme Court to review a Federal Circuit Court’s decision that an isolated DNA sequence ...
Anti-genetics NGO slams technique to eliminate hereditary diseases as unethical manipulation
The Center for Genetics and Society, which opposes gene modification on ideological grounds, is portraying as unethical a fertility treatment ...
Using race in medicine
Racial categories are currently ubiquitous in medicine and medical research. How are these categories determined? Is there uniformity from one ...
Transhumanism series premiers on web
A new high-profile digital series H+ portrays a world in the not-so-distant future in which transhumanism has moved from the ...
Worrying about eugenics in California: Is it a legacy of the past or the future? Public event brings scientists and ethicists together to discuss the possibility of eugenics in California
For much of the 20th century, California was at the forefront of eugenic ideology and practices in the United States, ...
Synthetic biology: Mutating the meaning of life? Some critics think ‘yes’
Critics of synthetic biology have long said that the practice should be known as “playing God” and argue that the ...
Genetic purity tests for politicians?
Genetic ancestry tests can, and are, being misused in Europe to prove "racial stock." ...
