The Privacy Risks Of DNA Sequencing

Thursday, February 7, 2013 - 12:31 in Biology & Nature

Using chromosomal data drawn from genetic databases, a group of researchers were able to identify the surname of one in every eight people from a sample of 911 American men. Sometimes other private information could be determined, including their geographic locations or the identities of their relatives.   read more

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