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Science publishers review ethics of research on Chinese minority groups

Springer Nature and Wiley have concerns about lack of consent in genetics and facial-recognition papers.
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Two science publishers are reviewing the ethics of research papers in which scientists backed by China’s government used DNA or facial-recognition technology to study minority groups in the country, such as the predominantly Muslim Uyghur population.

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Nature 576, 192-193 (2019)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-019-03775-y

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