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Personal Genomics Project Raises Questions About Data Donation, Data of Deceased

Dec 29, 2017
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SAN FRANCISCO (GenomeWeb) – One scientist's quest to make use of direct-to-consumer genomic tools to piece together health implications of his family's genomes has led to renewed questions about data sharing, consent, and what to do with the genomic data of the deceased.

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