Sophia Prior
Forensics
Mr. Ippolito
December 4, 2019
Wee, Sui-lee, and Paul Mozur. “China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 3 Dec. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/china-dna-uighurs-xinjiang.html.
Using DNA in order to form faces digitally
After reading an article by the New York Times by Sui Lee Wee and Paul Mozur called “China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West”, it discusses blood samples found from hundreds of ethnic Uighurs and how they will use the DNA to create an image of a person’s face. This process of technology is used in many countries around the world including the United Staes. In this process, they are able to develop rough drafts of what an individual may look like in order to narrow down a specific suspect list. The process is called DNA phenotyping and they can analyze the race, eye color, and ancestry of the person. In Tumxux China their authorities are using this technique they stated, “In Tumxuk, at least, there is a partial answer: Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to use a DNA sample to create an image of a person’s face”(p.1).
However helpful this process may be, there is some controversy about how the DNA was taken because a lot of the blood was taken without consent. In Xinjiang, the people have no choice against their government taking their blood under a mandatory health check program. In addition, the people who are in Tumxux also do not have a lot of choice in their blood being taken. In addition, phenotyping could raise ethical issues because the information that is discovered in this process is quite broad and many different people or ethnic groups can look like the suspect. The detention camps these people have been taken too in China are described as prisonlike conditions. However, this process has been used to catch murder victims.
This article was written well with a good amount of information on the pros and cons of DNA phenotyping. The authors broke up their article in different sections such as mapping faces, the scientific community, and the question of consent. Therefore, this was very helpful in order to make the article easier to follow. They also used statics to back up their claims and their article was very intriguing.
2 comments:
Charlotte Cagliostro
Forensics
C Odd / Current Event 10
12/5/19
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Wee, Sui-lee, and Paul Mozur. “China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 3 Dec. 2019, www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/china-dna-uighurs-xinjiang.html.
Sophia wrote a great review of the New York Times article: “China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West.” There were three components of her piece that I quite enjoyed. First, I really liked Sohia’s article choice. She selected an incredibly recent publication, which means that the information is cutting-edge and very relevant. Second, I enjoyed Sophia’s advanced and sophisticated style of writing. She was able to present the main ideas from the original article in extremely accessible terms and language. Third, I thoroughly enjoyed reading Sophia’s second paragraph, in which she explained why this article is pertinent and how it impacts Chinese society.
There were two aspects of Sophia’s review that I think could be improved upon. First, I think Sophia should fix her formatting issues. The post on the class site was quite distorted, which made reading it quite difficult. Second, I think Sophia should expand upon her critique of the original article. I felt like there was more to say and that she rushed that paragraph a bit.
Before reading Sophia’s review I was almost completely unaware of this issue. I learned a lot about how the Chinese government is using DNA to prosecute individuals, often without their knowledge or consent, which is quite unethical and immoral.
Wee, Sui-lee, and Paul Mozur. “China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West.” The New York Times, The New York Times,3Dec.2019,
www.nytimes.com/2019/12/03/business/china-dna-uighurs-xinjiang.html.
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Sofia Priors review of “China Uses DNA to Map Faces, With Help From the West”, discusses blood samples found from hundreds of ethnic Uighurs and how they will use the DNA to create an image of a person’s face. This process of technology is used in many countries around the world, including the United States. In this process, they are able to develop rough drafts of what an individual may look like in order to narrow down a specific suspect list. The process is called DNA phenotyping and they can analyze the race, eye color, and ancestry of the person. In Tumxux China their authorities are using this technique they stated, “In Tumbuk, at least, there is a partial answer: Chinese scientists are trying to find a way to use a DNA sample to create an image of a person’s face. I chose this article because I thought it was very interesting how DNA was able to be used from a persons face on a map.
To Improve this article I would start by proof reading it. There were many spelling and grammar mistakes. For Example, “States” was spelt incorrectly. I would also recommend trying to summarize the information in a more clear and concise way.
The learning experience of this article is important because it goes to show how important DNA phenotyping is. More importantly, how important and impactful forensic evidence is. This will chance my life understanding because it reminds me how important it is to study forensics!
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