Video: Should we worry about genetic surveillance?
“We are at the dawn of the age of genetic McCarthyism; invasions of privacy are going to become more pervasive. It’s not whether this is going to happen; it’s already happening.”
In this World Economic Forum video, Sophia Roosth, Assistant Professor at the Department of the History of Science at Harvard University, asks if we have a right to protect ourselves against genetic surveillance.
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Author: Sophia Roosth, Assistant Professor at the Department of History of Science at Harvard University
Image: A technician prepares a flow cell slide for loading onto a genetic sequencing machine. REUTERS/Mike Segar
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