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About this listing ELSI in Review is a listing of recently published, systematic reviews of the literature on key ELSI topics curated by CERA staff. Our March 2022 set explores rare genetic diseases…

ELSI scholarship is constantly evolving as new technologies raise new ethical challenges and questions. For younger scholars in the field, this presents ample opportunity to explore original topics…

Gene drive technologies represent a promising approach to the reduction of the global health burden posed by insect-borne infectious diseases like malaria and dengue. The application of new…

The global effort to map and sequence the human genome was accompanied by initiatives in several countries that supported the study of its ethical, legal, and social implications or aspects. Over…

We are pleased to announce the publication of a special issue of the Journal of Literature and Science, Fictions of Genetic Privacy, co-edited by Jay Clayton and Claire Sisco King. It features nine…

Across the globe, ELSI studies continue to respond to the undeniable impacts of genetics and genomics on society and address both persistant and emerging issues. We hope that a global perspective on…

ELSIhub strives to provide our audience with scholarship, educational content, webinars, community news, and resources focused on the ethical, legal, and social implications (ELSI) of genetics and…

In a recent contribution to the Yearbook of Physical Anthropology, Jada Benn Torres reviews the “race-as-biology” paradigms that were promulgated early in the discipline and tracks the emergence of…

Call for Perspective Papers Public Health Genomics is the first periodical to focus on rigorous research and evidence-based practice at the intersection of genomic discovery and public health.…

Emerging technological advances and political shifts have expanded immigration-related DNA applications beyond relationship tests within a family for visa petitions. Several U.S. government programs…