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The fields of genetics and genomics are at a historically significant crossroads. After more than a century of criticism concerning the use of racial categories in human biological research (by a litany of natural and social scientists, as well as by scholars in the humanities), the recent National Academy of Sciences report, Using Population Descriptors in Genetics and Genomics Research: A New Framework for an Evolving Field, offers a possible path forward that forsakes racial categories in genetic research.

"The Meaning of Eugenics: Historical and Present-Day Discussions of Eugenics and Scientific Racism" was a two-day virtual symposium convened by the NHGRI in December 2021 and led by NHGRI Historian Christopher Donohue, PhD, and Oxford Brookes University Professor Marius Turda, PhD. The recorded presentations and slides are available online.

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