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Hank Greely: Genetic Testing for Cancer (Ep. 131)

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Hank Greely: Genetic Testing for Cancer (Ep. 131)

Henry T. Greely (@HankGreelyLSJU) is the Director of the Center for Law and the Biosciences; and Professor (by courtesy) of Genetics at the Stanford School of Medicine. He is also the Chair of Stanford’s Steering Committee of the Center for Biomedical Ethics and the Director of Stanford’s Program in Neuroscience and Society.

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Ep. 70: Race, Genetics and Reconciliation with Alondra Nelson

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Ep. 70: Race, Genetics and Reconciliation with Alondra Nelson

Alondra Nelson (@alondra) is the Dean of Social Science at Columbia University. An interdisciplinary social scientist, she writes about the intersections of science, technology, medicine, and inequality. She is author of the award-winning book Body and Soul: The Black Panther Party and the Fight Against Medical Discrimination. Her latest book, The Social Life of DNA: Race, Reparations and Reconciliation after the Genome, was published in January. In this episode, we discussed: the

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