Why Does the Government Want Your DNA?
Subscribe! http://bitly.com/1iLOHml The U.S. government has proposed a new program that will gather DNA information from volunteers as an effort to study genetic differences that affect health...
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Recently President Obama announced a new program to create a pool of DNA samples from one million volunteers. This would be just one of many government run DNA databases around the world, ones proposed for a variety of well meaning reasons, like healthcare and preventing crimes. But many people are worried that this “precision medicine” is the ultimate example of Big Brother and another step in ending privacy for good. So, are DNA databases worth it? The first DNA database was started in the UK in 1995. Soon, other countries followed suit. A 2008 Interpol study of 149 countries found that 54 nations had a national DNA database and 26 others planned to start one. For the most part these databases started as a way to track and catch criminals. And i...
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Recently President Obama announced a new program to create a pool of DNA samples from one million volunteers. This would be just one of many government run DNA databases around the world, ones proposed for a variety of well meaning reasons, like healthcare and preventing crimes. But many people are worried that this “precision medicine” is the ultimate example of Big Brother and another step in ending privacy for good. So, are DNA databases worth it? The first DNA database was started in the UK in 1995. Soon, other countries followed suit. A 2008 Interpol study of 149 countries found that 54 nations had a national DNA database and 26 others planned to start one. For the most part these databases started as a way to track and catch criminals. And i...
