Inconsistent Genome Privacy Laws Need Toughening, Panel Says
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Many U.S. states lack laws to protect people from harmful use of their whole DNA transcripts, or genomes, and should work with the federal government to provide consistent protection, presidential advisers said.
About half of states don’t have legislation that would prevent someone from secretly analyzing another person’s genome with the saliva from a used coffee cup, said Amy Gutmann, who led the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues panel that released a report today.