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A podcast about the promise, power, perils of genetic information with host @SusannaSmith. Listen at geneticfrontiers.org or on your favorite podcast app.

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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

29.07.2025 13:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

24.06.2025 16:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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16 Questions Questions about Newborn Genome Sequencing & Why I Refused It For My Baby Last week’s piece, β€œThe 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.

geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/16-questio...
#genetics #genomesequencing #geneticfrontiers

19.06.2025 17:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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

18.06.2025 16:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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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09.06.2025 18:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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...

05.06.2025 17:47 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

geneticfrontiers.substack.com/p/episode-11...

04.06.2025 17:01 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.Β  She calls eugenics β€œthe ...

#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...

03.06.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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-...

28.05.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

07.05.2025 19:51 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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.

01.04.2025 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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...

04.03.2025 16:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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...

14.01.2025 12:13 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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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

11.01.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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

13.01.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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

13.01.2025 20:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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