A PLoS Genetics paper from scientists at TGen is sparking interest. The paper demonstrates the ability to identify individuals from pooled genomic DNA, even when that person has contributed less than 0.1% of the total DNA. At the Gene Expression blog, p-ter writes that this finding overturns the previously held wisdom "that individual-level information is lost when pooled together." That ought to give ethics committees something to talk about.
So Much for Anonymity
Aug 29, 2008
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