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Breakthrough made in DNA capture; France still top EU collector of genetic profiles
May 17, 2023, 9:46 p.m. | Masha Borak
Biometric Update www.biometricupdate.com
United States researchers have demonstrated that they can capture human genetic data, including medical and ancestry information, from tiny fragments of DNA from the environment using environmental DNA (eDNA) techniques.
The work has raised privacy, legal and ethics questions because captured data could be used relatively efficiently to surveil people of specific ancestral backgrounds or with particular medical conditions or disabilities.
It is also possible that eDNA technology could increase the urgency to enact comprehensive genetic privacy regulations, the New …
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