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Nature Biotechnology: Personal genome data on the line
Continuing the theme of yesterday’s post about data sharing, Nature Biotechnology is running an Editorial this month (Nature Biotech. 27, 777; 2009), ‘DNA confidential’, pointing out that as “the cost of human genome sequencing plunges and large-scale genome-phenotype studies become possible, society should do more to reward those individuals who choose to disclose their data, despite the risks”. The Editorial continues: