Buying an online DNA Test Kit was fun, safe, and exciting; well, that’s how it was marketed. You were able to trace your ancestry and find out about potential health risks by just submitting your saliva to the company. Last year, however, hackers stole the profile and ethnicity information from millions of 23andMe users. For those who handed over their DNA to the popular biotechnology company, you may want to figure out what will happen to it now that they are filing for bankruptcy. This has raised concerns about what will happen to the troves of genetic data it has in its possession. Have some of us signed over our DNA to a corporate business, not knowing what it can be used for, including genetic engineering that could be used for biological targeting? Tonight on Ground Zero (7-10 pm, pacific time) Clyde Lewis talks with Genetic Scientist, Southern Jameson West about GENETIC BANKRUPTCY.
Ground Zero: Aftermath
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