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douglas9

(4,484 posts) Fri Oct 4, 2024, 06:30 AM Oct 4

23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data? [View all]

Last month, Chenedy Wiles finally got around to it.

The 27-year-old traveling nurse spit into a tube and mailed it to 23andMe, where the genetic testing company’s lab examined her DNA and generated a glimpse of her ancestry.

“One of the reasons I decided to get the test is that as an African American, it’s very common for our heritage to get lost,” said Wiles, who lives in Chicago.

https://www.npr.org/2024/10/03/g-s1-25795/23andme-data-genetic-dna-privacy

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23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data? [View all] douglas9 Oct 4 OP

i heard this the other day. i was shocked. mopinko Oct 4 #1

China will buy it MichMan Oct 4 #2

What will 23andMe do with the DNA data of 15 million customers? dalton99a Oct 4 #3

Let's debunk something about HIPAA. Jirel Oct 4 #10

This is why I put off doing it ecstatic Oct 4 #4

And if an authoritarian president with an administration full of tanyev Oct 4 #5

Many people I know bamagal62 Oct 4 #6

Too late to think about that. Jirel Oct 4 #7

I never understood why anyone would willingly give their DNA to a corporation. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 4 #8

It's really not hard to understand. elocs Oct 4 #9

I don't think it's "paranoid" to be guarded. BlueTsunami2018 Oct 4 #11

Two reasons my daughter did Ms. Toad Oct 4 #12