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Should We Screen Kids’ Brains and Genes To ID Future Criminals?by Gary Marchant, SlateOctober 17th, 2012Intervention might help save troubled kids. But the label could doom them.

Research Firm Reaped Stem Cell Funds Despite Panel's Adviceby Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles TimesOctober 17th, 2012StemCells Inc. has had rather a charmed relationship with California's publicly funded stem cell program, with some $40 million in awards approved this year.

Anatomy of a Webpage, Part 2: Preconception Servicesby George Estreich, Biopolitical Times guest contributorOctober 17th, 2012People living with genetic diseases become medicalized abstractions of risk and defect in the slick marketing of fetal gene tests. More than a matter of semantics, such simplification has negative consequences for all.

Craig Venter Imagines a World with Printable Life Formsby Daniela Hernandez, WiredOctober 16th, 2012Craig Venter imagines a future where you can download software, print a vaccine, inject it, and presto! Contagion averted.

Stem-Cell Fraud Hits Febrile Fieldby David Cyranoski, NatureOctober 16th, 2012As Hisashi Moriguchi's heart-treatment claims collapse, observers warn about the febrile nature of the iPS-cell field and caution against a rush to the clinic.

FDA Issues Warning to Sugar Land Stem Cell Companyby Todd Ackerman, The Houston ChronicleOctober 16th, 2012The Food and Drug Administration has informed the Texas company involved in Gov. Rick Perry's adult stem-cell procedure that it is illegally marketing an unlicensed drug.

Personal Genomics in the Classroom: Students Sequence Themselvesby Monya Baker, Nature News BlogOctober 11th, 2012Medical and graduate students will get the chance to sequence and interpret their own genomes in what is being billed as the first-ever course to offer whole-genome sequencing.

Citing Privacy Concerns, U.S. Panel Urges End to Secret DNA Testingby Sharon Begley, ReutersOctober 11th, 2012In response to companies that offer genome sequencing from such discarded items as cigarette butts, the President's bioethics commission stresses privacy concerns and suggests a ban on "surreptitious commercial testing."

We are More Than the Sum of our Genesby Stella Young, Ramp UpOctober 9th, 2012As a disabled feminist, I'm often asked about my views on medical procedures like pre-natal screening and preimplantation genetic diagnosis.

Japan Team Offers Fertility Hope with Stem Cell Eggsby Harumi Ozawa, Jakarta GlobeOctober 6th, 2012Japanese scientists create mice using artificial eggs created from "normal" adult cells.

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