Thursday, October 11, 2012

U.S. panel urges end to secret DNA testing

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/10/11/us-usa-geneticprivacy-idUSBRE89A06H20121011

Imagine a discarded tissue from a prospective employee being tested to determine whether she's at risk for an expensive disease. The availability of whole genome sequences is an invitation to mischief, or worse, a Presidential Commission argues.

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