Comments on: Personalized Genetics: Privacy and the Virtual Gene http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/ A doctor's journey in genetics PhD and medicine through web 2.0 Sat, 02 Jun 2012 10:42:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: sunglasses http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-85052 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 09:19:34 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-85052 Fantastic looking site! I have a site as well but unfortunately I’m

]]> By: Universal Health » Gene Genie #32 - Googling the Genie [Highlight HEALTH] http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35854 Fri, 04 Jul 2008 11:02:54 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35854 [...] Berci Meskó discusses the recent improvements of individualized medicine in his article Personalized Genetics: Privacy and the Virtual Gene. [...]

]]> By: Gene Genie #32 - Googling the Genie | Highlight HEALTH http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35343 Sun, 25 May 2008 04:04:40 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35343 [...] Berci Meskó discusses the recent improvements of individualized medicine in his article Personalized Genetics: Privacy and the Virtual Gene. [...]

]]> By: RMD http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35119 Fri, 09 May 2008 00:04:14 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35119 Steve,
thanks for clarifying

Oh wait! ;)

]]> By: Leroy Glinchy http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35113 Thu, 08 May 2008 13:09:12 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35113 First of all to collect DNA from people in my neighborhood is dead easy. There’s this guy that walks up and down the street at five AM spitting everywhere. There’s more than a few mL of spit on the streets.

Secondly, why the hell does the whole IP thing only work for corporations? I own the deed to the house I live in. Why don’t people own the deed to the letters of their own genome? I don’t have to fill out paperwork to get the right to free speech nor ownership of my person (I’m not a slave). Why is the govt making own genome into a slave to a third party? When do my genes become liberated and under the control of my gray matter? After all, it’s _my_ property unless we live in some kind of totalitarian regime.

Oh wait! ;)

]]> By: Steven Murphy MD http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35111 Wed, 07 May 2008 23:57:40 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35111 The answer to RMD’s questions is…..things you couldn’t even imagine yet. As for single cell collection…..I think the FBI and police are doing a pretty good job of collecting DNA from coffee cups…… I am certain someone can SNP chip that. The real question we should be asking is why does 23andMe want all that spit??????
-Steve
http://www.thegenesherpa.blogspot.com

]]> By: The Medical Quack: Personalized Genetics: Privacy and the Virtual Gene http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35106 Wed, 07 May 2008 17:19:22 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35106 [...] Personalized Genetics: Privacy and the Virtual Gene « ScienceRoll Technorati Tags: Science Roll,DNA,genomics,privacy ♦DiggIt! ♦Add to del.icio.us ♦Add to Technorati Favorites ♦Add to Facebook ♦Add to Stumble Upon SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title:’Share me’, summary:’Sharing is good for the soul.’, icon: ‘http://path.to/icon’ }, {button:true} ); [...]

]]> By: RMD http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35105 Wed, 07 May 2008 16:40:34 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35105 and he is right, there is no 100% foolproof security system for…well anything really. Your health records, your financial information, your retirement fund, none of it is ever going to be totally secure (although if you read 23andme or any other company in this space’s privacy policies they seem to have pretty robust security systems in place). I think the bigger question is that, should someone take this information, what exactly might they do with it?

]]> By: Blaine http://scienceroll.com/2008/05/07/personalized-genetics-privacy-and-the-virtual-gene/#comment-35103 Wed, 07 May 2008 11:35:08 +0000 http://scienceroll.wordpress.com/?p=1876#comment-35103 The problem with the Keyose Blog’s privacy concern (i.e. gathering DNA from a third person) is that 23andMe collects 2.5mls of saliva for the test, and that’s a lot of spit to collect from another person without them noticing! And if you watch the buccal collection video at deCODEme, I doubt you’ll be able to do that collection on an adult without raising an alarm. In my opinion, the analysis of another person’s DNA by companies such as 23andMe and deCODEme without their knowledge is nearly impossible at this stage of technology (now when we can sequence an entire genome from a single cell, then it will likely be a concern).

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