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Scientists are working on an approach that goes beyond IVF where babies can be made from cells other than eggs or sperm. It has ethicists worried.
Source: USA TODAYCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 2In the whitewashed world of Alzheimer’s research, one scientist is on a quest to understand the diversity of brains - 1 year(s) ago
Lisa Barnes runs one of the nation’s largest studies of Alzheimer’s disease focused exclusively on Black people and has created a brain bank.
Source: STATCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Lisa Barnes aims to correct disparities in research that have left Black Americans’ experiences of dementia understudied. Her findings underscore that social factors associated with racial categories play a larger role than genetics in cognitive outcomes. https://t.co/SSOp3aoyJv
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Mashup Score: 1Why oppose heritable genome editing? - 1 year(s) ago
Hear from scholars and activists on why they oppose heritable genome editing. Find image descriptions for the video here: https://www.geneticsandsociety.org/…
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Why oppose heritable genome editing? In this video, hear from scholars and activists @SFdirewolf @billmckibben @leftcoastpa @YrachetaJM and more. https://t.co/wz1f9zHR4S
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When the gentleman-scholar Francis Galton inspected his fellow men of Victorian Britain, he found them wanting: “We want abler commanders, statesmen, thinkers, inventors, and artists,” he wrote in…
Source: Literary HubCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Francis Galton’s efforts to understand human differences were rooted in eugenics. The impact of his approach can be seen in more recent efforts to understand individuals through aggregated Internet data. @nescioquid @chrishwiggins https://t.co/rY2P6Yk7k1
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There are a lot of scammers out there, but this guy takes things to a whole other level.
Source: Above the LawCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
A Dutch donor-conceived advocacy organization has filed a lawsuit against a Dutch “serial sperm donor” alleging that he has caused harm by raising the risk of incest and inbreeding because his sperm has been used to conceive between 550 and 1,000 children https://t.co/S7aIT7p0M3
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In eugenics practice dating back decades, California forced thousands to undergo forced sterilizations. Many were poor and people of color. Moonlight Pulido, whose womb was removed in prison in 2005, shares her story.
Source: Inside EditionCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Before it was repealed in 1979, California’s eugenics law allowed the sterilization of thousands of residents, many of them poor and people of color, who were considered unworthy of having children. As recently as 2014, prisons sterilized female inmates. https://t.co/ntvnusLmXL
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Mashup Score: 0A Nonprofit Wants Your DNA Data to Solve Crimes - 1 year(s) ago
Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police investigators. Now a nonprofit is collecting data to help crack more cold cases.
Source: WiredCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Law enforcement use of DNA to solve crimes currently relies on commercial databases meant for genealogy research. A new nonprofit is building a database explicitly for criminal investigations, but risks of providing one’s genetic information remain. https://t.co/ojKOdYfB18
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Mashup Score: 0Missing Voices Initiative - 1 year(s) ago
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Source: Center for Genetics and SocietyCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Our recent MVI webinar featured @kramdas @arcattapan Amrita Pande, and @Curlie3000 discussing intersectional feminist concerns about reproductive uses of human genome editing. Find videos and transcripts of the webinar + more info on MVI on our website. https://t.co/QF3cPUYyMj
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For decades genetics and genomics researchers have used race, ethnicity, ancestry and other population descriptors in research that has opened powerful areas of study of human history and evolution, biology, diseases and heritable traits. But these descriptors are slippery words with hard to pin down meanings. They are also contested words, and the use of “race” as a surrogate for biology or…
Source: Duke TodayCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Citing concerns about the use of race as a proxy for human genetic variation, a committee formed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine advised that researchers avoid using race in genetics research. https://t.co/bSAhVXUG7E
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Mashup Score: 0State Stem Cell Agency Approves $26 Million to Remove Obstacles to Gene and Cell Therapy Treatments - 1 year(s) ago
University of California dominates list of winners of research awards
Source: david293.substack.comCategories: Genetics, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine awarded new three-year stem cell and gene therapy research grants. Since 2004, about 80% percent of grants have gone to institutions linked to CIRM directors, a legal situation but subject to criticism. https://t.co/v8PKtohMP4
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CGS’ Katie Hasson observed, “The profit potential and the push to commercialize these technologies can be a big motivation." 2/2 https://t.co/7idQKpyPKM