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Pediatric epigenetic clocks have the potential to accurately assess biological age. However, possible applications in law enforcement and immigration raise ethical issues.
Genetic testing could help us build targeted and effective training routines for athletes, but the emerging science could also introduce opportunity for discrimination in the sporting world.
New research investigated who uses the wide array of tools available to people who’ve received their own raw genetic data and want to maximize what they learn from it.
Despite privacy concerns over police use of DNA uploaded to ancestry websites, many people are just excited that their genetic material could get a killer off the streets.
Before you attribute a trait to a famous ancestor like George Washington or Marie Antoinette, you might want to see how much DNA you actually share with these people. It’s not what you thought.
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Professor of Community Health and Health Behavior, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Strength and Conditioning, Edith Cowan University
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Senior Lecturer in Law, Science and Technology, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice, Rutgers University - Newark
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Research Scientist in Biostatistics, University of Washington
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Professor of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Postdoctoral Fellow, Center of Genomics and Policy, McGill University
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Canada Research Chair in Social Epigenetics and Professor, UBC Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Science, Technology, and Society, California Polytechnic State University
