Monday, April 23, 2018

23andMe "is offering free kits to researchers studying populations in Africa, Asia, and elsewhere—but the ethics are tricky"

TA:
As impressive as 23andMe’s genetic database is, it still has noticeable gaps—especially among Africans, Middle Easterners, Central Asians, Southeast Asians, and indigenous Americans.

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The latest is the Population Collaborations Program, which allows U.S.-based scientists already studying underrepresented groups to apply for free spit kits and DNA analysis. In return, 23andMe gets to add the DNA to its database.