Scientists to Pentagon: Map Every Soldier’s Genome

A secretive group of top scientists is pushing the Pentagon to map the genomes of all military personnel, the Huffington Post reports. Such mapping could reveal information about troops’ “responses to battlefield stress”—for example, how well they can tolerate “sleep deprivation, dehydration, or prolonged exposure to heat,” the scientists’…

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Scientists to Pentagon: Map Every Soldier’s Genome

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