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10/10/2012

DOD searching for combat genes?

Combat in Our Genes?

" Specifically, the report recommends that the Pentagon begin collecting sequencing soldiers' DNA for "diagnostic and predictive applications." It recommends that the military begin seeking correlations between soldiers' genotypes and phenotypes (outward characteristics) "of relevance to the military" in order to correlate the two. And the report says —without offering details —that both "offensive and defensive military operations" could be affected."

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