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Security flaws in portable genetic sequencers risk leaking private DNA data

Portable genetic sequencers used around the world to sequence DNA have critical, previously unreported security ...
Los Angeles Times

Alex Oleh Mulyar

Alex Oleh Mulyar is the founder and chief executive officer of CRI Genetics LLC, a direct-to-consumer DNA testing company he launched with $35,000 and no outside funding. Over the past eight years, he ...
NPR

23andMe is on the brink. What happens to all its DNA data?

Last month, Chenedy Wiles finally got around to it. The 27-year-old traveling nurse spit into a tube and mailed it to 23andMe, where the genetic testing company’s lab examined her DNA and generated a ...
Los Angeles Times

The risks of sharing your DNA with online companies aren’t a future concern. They’re here now

Turmoil at 23andMe, a company offering popular at-home DNA testing, has upset the industry. Following the resignation of every independent member of the company’s board of directors, its chief ...
Morning Call PA

St. Luke’s offering free genetic testing to identify risk for common diseases. What you need to know

When Nick Lumi found out St. Luke’s University Health Network was offering free DNA testing, he thought it was a novelty, a chance to find out more about his ancestry. Instead, he learned he had a ...