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Check out a few recent posts from CGS' blog, Biopolitical Times. We invite you to add Biopolitical Times to your Internet routines, and to weigh in with your own contributions.
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The "Genomic Research and Accessibility Act" would prohibit future patents on human genes, a practice that has given "private corporations, universities, and even the federal government
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The US House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act last week. The measure would prohibit health insurers from using genetic information to deny coverage or charge...
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As the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) prepares to hand out its largest grants to date, the agency has hit troubled waters.
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The California stem cell agency approved the first public funding of cloning-based human stem cell research in the United States. One grant raised especially troubling questions.
View ArticleThe Case Against Perfection: New Book by Noted Scholar
Harvard Professor of Government Michael Sandel is one of America's foremost political and moral thinkers. His new book, The Case Against Perfection: Ethics in the Age of Genetic Engineering, argues...
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