The Scan

News 4 Jax reports that a Florida bill to prevent life and long-term care insurers from using genetic information in their coverage decisions has easily passed one committee.

In Science this week: potentially pathogenic mutations found in hematopoietic stem cells from young healthy donors, and more.

A new report finds that though the US has increased its activity in science and engineering, its global share of that activity has fallen in some areas, according to Inside Higher Ed.

In Nature this week: genomic analysis of rapeseed, universal target enrichment method for metagenomic sequencing, and more.

The Verge writes that the plan to collect migrants' DNA and add it to an FBI database will change the tenor of that database.

In Genome Research this week: transcriptomic study of human brain development, metabolomic analysis of fruit flies, and more.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics has called on Myriad Genetics and others to share the genetic data they have amassed.

In PNAS this week: population genomics study on indigenous individuals in Brazil, programmable genome-editing approach, and more.

In an editorial, the New York Times examines issues the new US Food and Drug Administration commissioner is to face.

In PLOS this week: role for TWIST1 gene expression in vascular disease risk, new Campylobacter species, and more.

University of California, Davis researchers describe ways that genetic genealogy databases could be "hacked."

In Science this week: inefficiencies in negotiating data-use agreements can delay research, and more.