New Jersey Keeps Newborn DNA for 23 Years. Parents Are Suing
All US states take pinpricks of blood from newborns to test for diseases. New Jersey stores them for decades and may allow them to be used in police investigations. ..
All US states take pinpricks of blood from newborns to test for diseases. New Jersey stores them for decades and may allow them to be used in police investigations. ..
Police are hosting events to collect DNA samples that can help solve missing persons cases. But when people put their DNA in a commercial database, it can used ..
Privately run genealogy databases have become a crucial tool for police investigators. Now a nonprofit is collecting data to help crack more cold cases. ..
It doesn’t take stampeding or unruly behavior to result in massive tragedies like the one in Itaewon. ..
The project will match the victims’ DNA to that of their descendants—but uses a genealogy website that can be accessed by law enforcement. ..
Small pinpricks of blood are used to screen newborns for serious health conditions—but this genetic data can have legal uses too. ..
A controversial California case has raised questions about police use of DNA databases and the need for better genetic privacy laws. ..
California’s SB 41 is the latest to tighten regulations on the sensitive data collected by companies like 23andMe or Ancestry. ..
New neuroscience-based technologies aim to improve decisionmaking under pressure. But solving systemic problems will take a lot more than that. ..