ShareConnector » martha http://www.shareconnector.com Connecting the Share Community Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:08:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 DNA Testing Firm Goes Bankrupt; Who Gets the Data?http://www.shareconnector.com/dna-testing-firm-goes-bankrupt-who-gets-the-data http://www.shareconnector.com/dna-testing-firm-goes-bankrupt-who-gets-the-data#comments Wed, 18 Nov 2009 18:58:44 +0000 Zocor http://www.shareconnector.com/dna-testing-firm-goes-bankrupt-who-gets-the-data An Icelandic firm that offers private DNA testing to customers has filed for bankruptcy in the U.S., raising privacy concerns about the fate of customer DNA samples and records, according to the Times of London. DeCODE Genetics, a genetics research firm, began offering personalized DNA testing through its deCODEme website two years ago. A customer mails in a sample taken from the inside of his cheek, and the service calculates the subject’s genetic risk for disease — cancer, diabetes, Alzheimer’s, heart disease.

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