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The Obstacles and Dangers of Unlocking the Human Genome

03 min 42 sec

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A panel of DNA, policy, and research experts connect the openness affiliated with the web 2.0 movement to the growing acceptance of personal genetic testing.

"We have a different sensitivity to privacy because there are stigmas in previous generations that we just don't have anymore," says 23andMe co-founder Linda Avey.
23andMe Cofounder on Medical Benefits of Genetic Testing

02 min 59 sec

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Linda Avey, co-founder of the genetic testing company 23andMe, discusses the personal information she learned from having her own DNA analyzed.

She also lists some medical advantages of obtaining and understanding personal genetic knowledge.
The Personal Genomic Dilemma: Privacy vs. Convenience

02 min 12 sec

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Genetic policy, research and medical experts connect web 2.0 to the growing desire for personal genetic testing.

Linda Avey says, "We have a difference sensitivity to privacy because there are stigmas in previous generations that we just don't have anymore."
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BlueBerry Pick'n

Posted: 07.30.09, 07:25 AM

so after you've catalogued the genetic data from citizens & mapped the genome who is responsible for the research that is fucked up but rolled out to the World? or who ' owns ' their own DNA after some company has copyright protected some snippets or 'adaptations'? if someone is catalogued in your Family... & the cops want to ' investigate '... you aren't entitled to the privacy of your own DNA? you'll bitch about your personal fingerprints... but not global warrant-less wiretapping or the cataloguing of DNA that will identify your progeny for generations? You think you've got problems with Health Insurance providers writing you off for PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS now??? ... you gotta wake up: people are going to get hired based on DNA scanning & healthcare conditions in the Future... this is bullshit: privacy is privacy . what is HIP & comfortable this year, is NOT something you can GIVE AWAY to the next generation, now is it? Its not a *tattoo*: its the Future of our entire BIOSPHERE & these people are playing with it like making arts & crafts Summer Camp projects out of macaroni & SillyPutty Spread Love, ... BlueBerry Pick'n can be found @ The Jeff Farias Show streams FREE & LIVE Mon-Fri, 6-9pmEDT "We, two, form a Multitude " - Ovid. " Violence can only be concealed by a Lie, & the Lie can only be maintained by Violence. " ... " Any man, who has once proclaimed Violence as his Method, is inevitably forced to take the Lie as his Principle " – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. " - Voltaire ~~~ " Silent Freedom is Freedom Silenced "

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