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by rendx 1458 days ago
"A Texas lawsuit led to the discovery that its Department of State Health Services was using newborn blood spots not only for research, but also as bartering chips with for-profit companies in exchange for lab equipment. And a subsequent Texas Tribune investigation revealed that the Texas health department had sent hundreds of newborn blood samples to the U.S. Armed Forces to build a national DNA database to help identify missing persons and solve cold cases, and also eventually build an international DNA registry for international law enforcement and anti-terrorism efforts."
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doesnt the hospitable take the umbilical cord without your permission? i mean you could get a dna profile from that as well as harvest whatever remaining stem cells exist.