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Genetic Frontiers Episode 15 cover art: Making "Smarter" Babies: The Mythology of American Eugenics

Genetic Frontiers Episode 15 cover art: Making "Smarter" Babies: The Mythology of American Eugenics

Out now Episode 15 on #genetics & human intelligence. What is human #intelligence anyway? What are its genetic underpinnings? What evidence is there for trying to have "smarter" kids through polygenic embryo screening in #IVF? www.geneticfrontiers.org/podcast with Emily Merchant, PhD

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“I want people to not fool themselves into thinking there's a simple, bright line between eugenics and legitimate medical genetics.” -Dr. Nathaniel Comfort
Listen--> content.libsyn.com/p/1/a/1/1a13... from Season 2: #Genetics in American #Politics & #Culture

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Genetic Frontiers: Episode 13, When You Realize the Foundation Is Made of Sand

Genetic Frontiers: Episode 13, When You Realize the Foundation Is Made of Sand

A vulnerable conversation between Tiffany Graham Charkosky, author of Living Proof: How Love Defied Genetic Legacy, and Genetic Frontiers host @susannasmith.bsky.social about their shared experiences of living with genetic risks. content.libsyn.com/p/0/6/1/0617...

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Our latest episode out now with a message #genetics professionals can't afford to ignore --> "It's a very scary prospect but the seeds are being planted for... a 21st century #eugenics ideology playing out at the level of the federal government." -Alexandra Minna Stern Lisen here: lnkd.in/gC7Nz8cs

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Questions about Newborn Genome Sequencing & Why I Refused It For My Baby: geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/16-questio...

#GeneticDiscrimination #newborngenomesequencing #genomesequencing #genetictesting #geneticfrontiers

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16 Questions Questions about Newborn Genome Sequencing & Why I Refused It For My Baby Last week’s piece, “The Ethical Minefield of Testing Infants for Incurable Diseases,” in the New York Times did very little of the informational or analytical labor to help people actually understand ...

Our Substack tackles 16 critical questions about newborn genome sequencing. Join the conversation and consider the profound implications for our children's futures.

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#genetics #genomesequencing #geneticfrontiers

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The NYT article I reference barely scratched the surface of this ethical minefield. Read my take as a previvor, who opted out of this genetic technology while recognizing it has very real clinical benefits for some families. geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/16-questio...
#genomesequencing

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Eugenic imaginary is not an extreme fringe belief, but is embedded in everyday ideas; that the eugenic fiction appears to make a person deserving of the power that they already hold. - Sue Currell, PHD
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Quote from Sue Currell, from Episode 11: The Most Dangerous Thing Donald Trump Believes in Season 2: Genetics in American Politics & Culture. geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/episode-11...

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EPISODE 11: The Most Dangerous Thing Donald Trump Believes Sue Currell, PhD, a historian and former senior lecturer at the University of Sussex, discusses the disturbing echoes of eugenic thinking in American politics today.

"The failure to properly debate and dismiss eugenic ideology illustrates that the problem goes further than Donald Trump. It shows that a wide-ranging eugenic ideology is embedded in the broader American body politic."
- Sue Currell, PhD.

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Genetic Frontiers, a podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. Part of Genetic Frontiers Season 2: Genetics in American Politics & Culture, Sue Currell, PhD, discusses the disturbing echoes of eugenic thinking in American politics today.  She calls eugenics “the ...

#Eugenics is the backbone of political control in a progressive meritocracy.” Out now, the newest episode in Season 2: #Genetics in American #Politics & Culture. www.geneticfrontiers.org/episode11-su...

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The information isn’t new, but the political climate has changed and 23andMe is for sale. The communities most at risk have been skeptical of federal protections for years. I feel this so strongly as a previvor.
Find the original article and my full response on Substack: substack.com/home/post/p-...

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Warning: this episode might blow your mind. www.geneticfrontiers.org/episode10-ti...

A discussion about how #eugenic thinking is insidious in Silicon Valley & central to worldviews of some of the powerful people in the U.S. today w/ @timnitgebru.bsky.social & @xriskology.bsky.social.

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Out now, episode 1 of 6 on #Genetics in American #Politics & #Culture, www.geneticfrontiers.org/episode9-ang..., an interview Angela Saini. It's urgent to talk frankly about how what is happening politically in the US is informed by cultural ideas about science, genetics, heredity & human worth.

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When is rare disease not so rare? | All Access DNA In this conversation, Susanna Smith shares her personal experience with CADASIL. The discussion explores the evolving definitions of rare diseases, the importance of accurate classification, and the i...

Are all "rare" diseases actually rare? What have we learned from genomic studies?
@geneticfrontiers.bsky.social host, @susannasmith.bsky.social chats with Kate Wilson about these questions & more on the Access DNA Podcast. allaccessdna.podbean.com/e/not_so_rar...

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We are excited to announce that Dr. Chelsey R. Carter and Brett Maricque’s Genetic Frontiers (@geneticfrontiers.bsky.social) episode is out now!!

To listen to this new episode go to: geneticfrontiers.org/episode8-che...

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Black people w/ ALS face unique challenges navigating a medical system entrenched in anti-Blackness. In Dr. Carter’s (@audretaughtme.bsky.social) comic, we see how these challenges can manifest in the healthcare system.

To read Dr. Carter's corresponding paper go to: www.theleithlab.com/gaslighting

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Episodes 5-7 of Genetic Frontiers, a podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. geneticfrontiers.org

Episodes 5-7 of Genetic Frontiers, a podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. geneticfrontiers.org

Our latest episodes of Genetic Frontiers, a new podcast about the promise, power & perils of genetic information. www.geneticfrontiers.org/season-1. Find us on your fav podcast listening app!

#informedconsent #history #eugenics #geneticdifference #disabilityrights #inclusion
#geneticcounseling

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Description of episodes 1-4 of Genetic Frontiers, a podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. Find us at geneticfrontiers.org.

Description of episodes 1-4 of Genetic Frontiers, a podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. Find us at geneticfrontiers.org.

Check out the first four episodes of Genetic Frontiers, a new podcast about the promise, power, and perils of genetic information. www.geneticfrontiers.org/season-1

#bioethics #genetics #genethics #podcastsinscience #logotherapy #prenatal #spermbanks #cancer #medicalethics #geneticcounseling

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