http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/ The Center for Genetics and Society works for thoughtful consideration, responsible uses, and effective governance of genetic, reproductive, and other biotechnologies. http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5117 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5117 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5114 <div class="text blurb">Robert Lanza, the Chief Scientific Officer of Advanced Cell Technology, projects great self-confidence, but is it justified?</div> Mon, 15 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5114 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5115 <div class="text blurb">A fertility clinic in London, partnering with one in the US, is raffling a human egg to promote its new "baby profiling" service, which circumvents UK laws.</div> Sun, 14 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5115 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5116 <div class="text blurb">Australia is reviewing whether to allow any parents who use IVF to select their baby's sex, but its Health Minister would be uncomfortable about allowing it.</div> Sat, 13 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5116 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5113 <div class="text blurb">New initiatives in North Carolina and Canada aim to confront the legacy of 20th-century eugenics.</div> Fri, 12 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5113 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5111 <div class="text blurb">The Russian State Duma has renewed a temporary ban on human cloning.</div> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5111 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5110 <div class="text blurb">What happens when modern reproductive technology enables son preference? Tens of millions of girls have died as young children due to neglect, have been killed as infants, or were never born due to sex-selective abortions.</div> Thu, 11 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5110 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5109 <div class="text blurb">"Faces of America," with Henry Louis Gates, Jr., raised interesting questions though it somewhat over-simplified DNA ancestry testing.</div> Wed, 10 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5109 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5112 <div class="text blurb">BiDil was approved by the FDA in 2005 to treat heart failure but has since been withdrawn from the market.</div> Tue, 09 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5112 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5108 <div class="text blurb">A report published in advance of a key parliamentary vote says DNA profiles of innocent people should be kept for no longer than three years.</div> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5108 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5107 <div class="text blurb">The discovery of a gene linked to pain sensitivity has led to proposals of gene transfer as a treatment for severe chronic pain.</div> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5107 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5106 <div class="text blurb">In defending its patents on human genes, Myriad Genetics says that a ruling against it would mean everything, and mean nothing.</div> Mon, 08 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5106 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5105 <div class="text blurb">A recent segment on the widely-broadcast public radio show Marketplace asks whether entrepreneurship is in our genes.</div> Fri, 05 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5105 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5101 <div class="text blurb">People who were sterilized against their will under a North Carolina law now have an advocate.</div> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5101 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5100 <div class="text blurb">Technology, declining fertility and ancient prejudice are combining to unbalance societies</div> Thu, 04 Mar 2010 http://www.geneticsandsociety.org/article.php?id=5100