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Genetic Privacy

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Genealogical websites and the future of catching criminals

May 3, 2018May 2, 2018Center 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, 2017October 13, 2017Generation 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, 2017June 6, 2017BabySeq, 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, 2017March 16, 2017ACA, 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 From the Labs: A selection of From the Labs Images of the Month on display in the A Hallway at Main Baylor.

Healthy Habits: A DOC-umentary Series

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