For the first time, a company is offering a direct-to-consumer tool that can map out a person’s entire genome.

17 November 2018, qz.com

The service, which is run by Nebula Genomics, is a double-edged sword, though. On the one hand it can help a person search through a broad array of their genetic code to find disease-related genes. On the other, the company faces the herculean task…Read more >>>

New techniques that dig more deeply into genetic databases may soon make the anonymity of their customers’ DNA impossible to safeguard

11 October 2018, Scientific American

Researchers are becoming so adept at mining information from genealogical, medical and police genetic databases that it is becoming difficult to protect anyone’s privacy…Read more >>>

In this era of dwindling privacy, human DNA is perhaps the last frontier.

10 September 2018, Fortune

Share your genetic information with a site like GEDMatch and you’re fully aware that you’re publicizing it. But what about using one of several DNA kits on the market today?…Read more >>>

Ancestry and 23andMe Agree to New Rules to Make You Feel Safer Handling Over Your DNA

31 July 2018, Gizmodo

Some of the top genomic-testing companies have agreed to abide by a new set of guidelines when sharing consumers’ DNA information with law enforcement and other third parties…Read more >>>

5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies

16 June 2018, CNBC

Genetics testing companies, like Veritas Genetics, Ancestry and 23andMe, are providing consumers with an unprecedented level of access to their personal genome; Privacy risks are not well understood by consumers; Law enforcement and the federal government can pressure these companies to share your DNA…Read more >>>

A Major Drug Company Now Has Access to 23andMe’s Genetic Data. Should You Be Concerned ?

26 July 2018, Time

Consumer genetic testing company 23andMe announced on Wednesday that GlaxoSmithKline purchased a $300 million stake in the company, allowing the pharmaceutical giant to…Read more >>>

An overview of the blockchain genomics trend

19 March 2018, benthamsgaze.org

In 2014, Harvard professor and geneticist George Church said: “‘Preserving your genetic material indefinitely’ is an interesting claim. The record for storage of non-living DNA is now 700,000 years….Read more >>>

Start-ups are clamoring to use cryptocurrency software to get and trade genome sequences—for research and profit

21 February 2018, Wired

Scientist lust after genomes like the wolf from a Tex Avery cartoon, heart pounding in throat, tongue lolling, fist pounding on the table, submarine-dive-ahOOOgah!-alarm sounding….Read more >>>

For years, the World Anti-Doping Agency has considered requiring all Olympic athletes to submit copies of their genetic code.

5 February 2018, Wired

It would work as a check on so-called “gene doping,” the idea of changing the body’s biological machinery to make it stronger….Read more >>>