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Policywise

Genealogical websites and the future of catching criminals

May 3, 2018 Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Christi Guerrini,  Citizen Science,  DNA,  Genetic Privacy,  Mary Anderlik Majumder

Last week, a suspect in California’s notorious Golden State Killer cases was captured after decades in hiding. In the end, Joseph James DeAngelo, a former

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Stuck in the middle: Examining ‘Xennial’ privacy preferences

October 13, 2017 Generation X,  Generations,  Genetic Privacy,  Health Privacy,  Millennial,  Privacy,  Security,  Stacey Pereira,  Xennial

“Hey 30-somethings, you’re a Xennial,” and “Are you a Xennial? Take the quiz,” appeared in my Facebook feed last June. The headlines, articles, and viral

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Changing genetic privacy rules may adversely affect research participation

May 26, 2017 BabySeq,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  data sharing,  Genetic Privacy,  Hayley Peoples,  health policy,  Health Privacy,  Research Policy

Do you know your genetic information? Maybe you’ve taken a “23andMe” test because you were curious about your ancestry or health. Maybe it was part

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H.R. 1313 and the future of genetic privacy

March 17, 2017 ACA,  ADA,  Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy,  Congress,  Genes,  Genetic Privacy,  GINA,  health policy,  Jessica Roberts,  law,  Privacy

In the 1997 film Gattaca, the protagonist is unable to pursue his dream job because of his “sub-optimal” genetic makeup. In 2008, the U.S. Congress

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From the Labs: Image of the Month

Blood vessels (magenta) intertwined with metastatic medulloblastoma tumor cells (green) nestled within the protective layers that surround the mouse spinal cord. From the Labs: a closer look at metastatic medulloblastoma

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SlNiMWHUhbc

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