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View article: Wastewater-Based Detection of a Rare SARS-CoV-2 Variant in a Hospital Setting: Implications for Individual-Level Resolution
Wastewater-Based Detection of a Rare SARS-CoV-2 Variant in a Hospital Setting: Implications for Individual-Level Resolution Open
Wastewater-based surveillance is an effective method to monitor community health by detecting pathogens excreted from large populations. Traditionally, wastewater analyses are considered privacy-preserving since samples are pooled. However…
View article: The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy
The precarious future of consumer genetic privacy Open
Congress and other lawmakers must act to robustly protect direct-to-consumer genetic data and biospecimens into the future
View article: Certificates of confidentiality: privileging research data
Certificates of confidentiality: privileging research data Open
With the Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs, reproductive research now joins other sensitive research topics that present legal risks to research participants, underscoring the role of Certificates in protecting them. Yet, stakeholders ques…
View article: Mass surveillance in the age of COVID-19
Mass surveillance in the age of COVID-19 Open
Epidemiological surveillance programs such as digital contact tracing have been touted as a silver bullet that will free the American public from the strictures of social distancing, enabling a return to school, work, and socializing. This…
View article: Legal and ethical implications of wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 surveillance
Legal and ethical implications of wastewater monitoring of SARS-CoV-2 for COVID-19 surveillance Open
Scientists have observed that molecular markers for COVID-19 can be detected in wastewater of infected communities both during an outbreak and, in some cases, before the first case is confirmed. The Centers for Disease Control and Preventi…
View article: One Shot Learning In AI Innovation
One Shot Learning In AI Innovation Open
Modern algorithmic design far exceeds the limits of human cognition in many ways.Armed with large data sets, programmers promise that their algorithms can betterpredict which prisoners are most likely to recidivate and where future crimes …
View article: Genealogy databases and the future of criminal investigation
Genealogy databases and the future of criminal investigation Open
The police can access your online family-tree research—and use it to investigate your relatives
View article: Innovating Criminal Justice
Innovating Criminal Justice Open
From secret stingray devices that can pinpoint a suspect’s location, to advanced forensic DNA-analysis tools, to recidivism risk statistic software—the use of privately developed criminal justice technologies is growing. So too is a concom…
View article: Science as Speech
Science as Speech Open
In April 2015, researchers in China reported the successful genetic editing of human embryos using a new technology that promised to make gene editing easier and more effective than ever before. In the United States, the announcement drew …
View article: Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA
Inside the Cell: The Dark Side of Forensic DNA Open
In recent years, several forms of previously accepted forensic science have come under scrutiny as unreliable or simply unsound. 1 For instance, the science of arson investigation is among 'the most prominent current example[s] of shifted …
View article: One Model of Collaborative Learning for Medical and Law Students at the University of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University
One Model of Collaborative Learning for Medical and Law Students at the University of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University Open
Medicine, like law, is sometimes referred to as a “conservative” profession, as both can change slowly, stifling innovation. While the art of medicine has produced important advances, there is at least one part of medicine that has not cha…
View article: One Model of Collaborative Learning for Medical and Law Students at the University of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University
One Model of Collaborative Learning for Medical and Law Students at the University of Baltimore and Johns Hopkins University Open
Medicine, like law, is sometimes referred to as a "conservative" profession, as both can change slowly, stifling innovation [1].While the art of medicine has produced important advances, there is at least one part of medicine that has not …
View article: Book Review: Body Banking from the Bench to the Bedside
Book Review: Body Banking from the Bench to the Bedside Open
How much is a kidney worth? An ounce of breast milk? Genetic material from an individual facing a Parkinson's diagnosis? In today's America, it depends on who is selling. One might think that such body products are beyond value or that the…