After the atomic bombing at the end of World War II, anxieties about survival in the nuclear
age led scientists to begin stockpiling and freezing hundreds of thousands of blood samples …

Background There is ongoing and increasing interest in the commercialization of
biospecimen-derived products from Indigenous Peoples. Discourse on benefit-sharing …

In 1997, MER Mathivha, an elder of the black Jewish Lemba people of South Africa,
announced to the Lemba Cultural Association that a recent DNA study substantiated their …

Automated facial recognition, the use of dactyloscopic data and advanced forensic DNA
analyses are becoming dominant technological surveillance means for …

Dynamic Consent (DC) is both a model and a specific web-based tool that enables clear,
granular communication and recording of participant consent choices over time. The DC …

By focusing on chromosomes, Heredity under the Microscope offers a new history of postwar
human genetics. Today chromosomes are understood as macromolecular assemblies and …

Blood is messy, dangerous, and charged with meaning. By following it as it circulates
through people and institutions, Jenny Bangham explores the intimate connections between …

The practice of human biology requires the negotiation of a range of ethical issues, including
the politics of race and indigeneity, the appropriate use of research materials, and the …

Moreau (2019) has raised concerns about the use of DNA data obtained from vulnerable
populations, such as the Uighurs in China. We discuss another case, situated in Europe and …

Between December 2012 and September 2013 the United Kingdom government oversaw
one of the largest destructions of a collection of human-derived samples ever conducted …