Marnie Gelbart and her colleagues have partnered with high school educators in South Dakota on a series of workshops that explore genetics-related issues that teachers and students might face. Topics include the use of gene-editing tools like CRISPR on human subjects, personalized medicine, privacy concerns involving insurers and employers, the history of eugenics, and questions around direct-to-consumer tests done by providers such as 23andMe. The workshops help teachers think about how best to facilitate conversations about genetics in their classrooms, where concerns about how DNA technologies should be used may vary wildly from student to student and region to region. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ “We are not here to change minds," says Gelbart. "People will decide what is best for themselves and their families, but the more we work to be inclusive in how we talk about genetics, the better chance we have that people will get the information they want.” ⠀ ⠀ #HarvardServes #S...