Who has your DNA—or wants it

• Autores: Jocelyn Kaiser
• Localización: Science, ISSN 0036-8075, Vol. 349, Nº 6255, 2015, págs. 1475-1475
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • As DNA sequencing gets cheaper, more and more organizations, companies, and countries are amassing computer server–busting amounts of human DNA data, typically for studies of the links between genes, lifestyle factors and disease risk. Science's informal survey found at least 17 biobanks that hold—or plan to hold—genomic data on 75,000 or more people who have volunteered to share their health information for research. The data range from scans of common mutations known as single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) to the protein-coding portions (exomes) to whole genome sequences. Here we have highlighted many of these efforts taking shape across the globe.