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NIH withdraws funds for genetics and crime conference
A National Institutes of Health funding freeze of 78000 dollars led to the cancellation and indefinite postponement of a University of Maryland conference on links between genetics and crime. NIH officials cited brochure wording implying endorsement, while organizers argued the event would scrutiny and open debate. Black leaders criticized the project as potentially enabling social engineering.
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Baltimore
National Institutes of Health
University of Maryland In
College Park
NIH
David Wasserman
Institute For Philosophy and Public Policy
Wasserman
John Diggs
Diggs
Jim Williams
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People