Genome Donators Can Be Sleuthed Out

Since the first human genome sequence was published, thousands of people have submitted their DNA for scientific analysis. They made these donations anonymously--or so they thought. Now, using publicly available information, researchers found they could figure out the identities of 50 individuals who had loaned their genes to science. Their results, although not the names of the people, are in the journal Science . [Melissa Gymrek et al., Identifying Personal Genomes by Surname Inference ] [More]

Source: Scientific American Topic - Medical Technology - January 23, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: More Science,Society & Policy,Medical Technology,More Science,Biology Source Type: news