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Challenging the Legacies of Eugenics in Science, Medicine, and Technology
A new anti-eugenics initiative kicked off this week with the first in a series of essays to be published at Los Angeles Review of Books. The introductory essay was written by CGS senior fellow and UC Berkeley professor Osagie Obasogie. The essays and associated events will expose and contest eugenic ideas in science, medicine, and biotechnology. Learn more about CGS’ collaboration with Othering and Belonging Institute and Berkeley Public Health in our latest blog post.
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Science on Screen: Gattaca
As part of the “Science on Screen” series at Smith Rafael Film Center, CGS’ Katie Hasson will discuss the movie Gattaca and what it has to say about the social and ethical implications of human genetics. In person in San Rafael, CA, on June 13 at 7 pm. Purchase tickets for the film screening and conversation here.
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GENE EDITING | EUGENICS
ASSISTED REPRODUCTION | VARIOUS
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How to Avoid a Genetic Arms Race
Yelena Biberman and Jonathan D. Moreno, Bioethics Forum | 04.16.2024
U.S. intelligence has warned that genome editing could be an attractive means for bad actors to wage war in an unstable geopolitical climate, making it a potential "weapon of mass destruction."
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Who deserves to have a baby?
Neel Shah, The Preprint | 04.11.2024
In American medicine, the myth that Black people’s bodies are biologically different resurfaces to justify disparities driven by inequitable circumstances, and yet Black bodies are also treated as similar enough to exploit for the benefit of white people.
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This Woman Will Decide Which Babies Are Born
Jason Kehe, Wired | 04.11.2024
The founder of fertility startup Orchid pitches preimplantation genetic testing as a way to avoid risk and human suffering, but she fails to consider how the technique promotes eugenics.
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Pro-Lifers Are Up Against a Real-Life Crisis
Judith Levine, The Intercept | 04.04.2024
The overturning of Roe v. Wade has unleashed state legislation that gives cells in petri dishes more rights than the people whose bodies give them life. But Republicans are beginning to find out that in the IVF-embryonic personhood debate, sometimes you have to choose a side.
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We Need to be Ready for Biotech’s ChatGPT Moment
Eric Schmidt, TIME | 04.16.2024
With significant innovation in biology and artificial intelligence, we are on the verge of a “ChatGPT moment” in biotech. But more work is needed to ensure that necessary regulations and guardrails are in place to manage the risks that come with new biotechnologies.
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Little change in Japan’s research sector 10 years after stem cell fraud
Tomoko Otake, The Japan Times | 04.09.2024
A decade after a Japanese researcher fabricated data to claim she had discovered a novel way to create stem cells, Japan’s regulations leave ample room for researchers to tamper with data and for institutions to sweep scandals under the rug.
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Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments
Todd Feathers, The Guardian | 03.25.2024
San Jose has been training artificial intelligence to recognize tents and cars with people living inside in footage from public places. Local outreach workers worry that AI surveillance technology will be used to punish and push out the city’s unhoused residents.
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Mexico smacks US over GM corn and glyphosate
Carey Gillan, UnSpun | 03.18.2024
Resisting pressure from the U.S., the Mexican government ordered that GM corn not be used for tortillas and dough that people eat and instructed farmers to stop using the weed-killing chemical glyphosate.
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