The collection, use, and sharing of human genome data has become a cornerstone of modern science, healthcare innovation, and commercial development. Yet as its use expands, encompassing precision medicine and ancestry testing to vaccine development and agricultural bioengineering, it raises complex…
CRISPR – The Newest Unknown Technology
by Vivien Doszpot-Szútor One of the latest technologies with unknown effects is gene editing with the CRISPR process, the use of which can determine the genetic stock of humanity and its environment in the future to an unprecedented extent. Although this…
Save a life – give DNA samples?
by Mónika Mercz Save a life – give DNA samples? Following my latest post regarding the data protection issues that arise when we give away our DNA samples to DNA testing companies, I felt it necessary to further explore what problems come up…