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No one can be truly anonymous ever again thanks to genetic sequencing

No one can be truly anonymous ever again thanks to genetic sequencing

28 May 2019

From the health of celebrities and presidential candidates to family secrets and hidden identities, consumer genetic tests are laying everyone’s DNA bare
Forensic sampling

Police can now use millions more people's DNA to find criminals

11 October 2018

Consumer genetic databases are becoming powerful tools for identifying criminals, and a new technique could link you to forensic data held by US police

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