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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA (www.bloomberg.com)

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Drugmakers Are Set to Pay 23andMe Millions to Access Consumer DNA::GSK will pay the DNA testing company $20 million for non-exclusive access to genetic data.

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[–] Thetimefarm@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

As long as it's for research and stays HIPPA compliant I don't really have an issue with it. This would be a good use for AI but that's also kinda horrifying to think about. Having millions of unique human DNA samples to train your AI on would be worth something I presume.

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[–] pete_the_cat@lemmy.world -2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Luckily I did mine through Ancestry and not 23andMe, considering first they got hacked and now this.

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