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Selecting Against Disease[Quotes CGS's Marcy Darnovsky]by Urmila Ramakrishnan, Fin MagazineNovember 26th, 2012Although we may not have control over the end of the world, genetic counseling and selection will give us power to manipulate the quality and extent of individual lives.

The Million Veteran Program: Building VA’s Mega-Database for Genomic Medicineby Joel Kupersmith and Timothy O'Leary, Health AffairsNovember 19th, 2012A mega-database of genomic and clinical information about veterans that launched last year now includes 40 Department of Veterans Affairs' medical centers.

Tesla, Eugenics And Rationalizing Dehumanizationby Alex Knapp, ForbesNovember 19th, 2012Famed inventor Nikola Tesla was an ardent supporter of eugenics, predicting universally established eugenics by the year 2100.

Anatomy of a Webpage, Part 3: Selling “Peace of Mind”by George Estreich, Biopolitical Times guest contributorNovember 13th, 2012New developments in prenatal tests are triggering aggressive - and often misleading - marketing. Thankfully, there are signs of push-back from a society that is learning that people are more than their syndromes.

British Academics Say Technological Enhancements to Employees Raise Ethical Questionsby Raphael Satter, Washington PostNovember 7th, 2012Attention needs to be focused on the consequences of technology which may one day allow — or compel — humans to work better, longer and harder.

Opinion: Science in the Courtroomby James Tabery, The ScientistNovember 6th, 2012Should biological explanations for criminal behavior influence a judge’s or jury’s decision about how to handle a case? If so, how?

Inquiry Into Practice of Sterilising Disabled Womenby Tom Nightingale, ABC News (Australia)November 1st, 2012A Senate committee is looking into the controversial practice of sterilising disabled people, which is still legal in Australia.

Have India’s Poor Become Human Guinea Pigs?by Sue Lloyd-Roberts, BBC NewsOctober 31st, 2012Drug companies are facing mounting pressure to investigate reports that new medicines are being tested on some of the poorest people in India without their knowledge.

Law Lags as Aussies Employ Overseas Surrogate Mums[radio transcript]by Damien Carrick, ABC (Australia) RadioNationalOctober 23rd, 2012Though surrogacy is illegal in Australia, a child is born in India to Australian parents every day. What are the legal and ethical dimensions of hiring a woman from another country as a surrogate?