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The Ethical Ramifications of At-Home DNA Testing

The Ethical Ramifications of At-Home DNA Testing

By Elizabeth Fitch, Staff Writer Photo provided courtesy of Pixabay.com   As of now, an uneven hodgepodge of laws exists to shelter the privacy of the booming genetic testing industry. [1] Remarkably, however, this potential lack of one’s privacy has not discouraged individuals from purchasing DNA testing kits from companies […]

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Genes Talk: The Current State of DNA Privacy Law

By Samantha Cook, Feature Editor AncestryDNA® (“Ancestry”) and its competitors, like 23andMe® (“23andMe”), provide users with a fascinating look at their genealogies and help to connect them with distant relatives. I thought it would be an interesting experiment to give my parents Ancestry DNA kits for Christmas, but the idea […]

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