Thursday, January 17, 2013

Matching names to genes: the end of genetic privacy?

Are we being too free with our genetic information? What if you started receiving targeted ads for Prozac for the depression risk revealed by your publicly accessible genome? As increasing amounts of genetic information is placed online, many researchers believe that guaranteeing donors' privacy has become an impossible task.

URL: http://www.topix.com/health/depression/2013/01/matching-names-to-genes-the-end-of-genetic-privacy?fromrss=1
Enclosure: http://www.topix.com/bigpic/mini-095540de6567d58ad9b58234aae75261

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