Video: Should we worry about genetic surveillance?

Sep 2, 2015

Sophia Roosth

Historian and Anthropologist of Biology, Harvard University

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“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.

To watch the full video click on the player above.

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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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