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23andMe’s DNA database is up for sale. Who might want it, and what for?

on March 25, 2025

It’s unclear who might take ownership of 23andMe. But experts said there are a lot of reasons genetic data could be valuable. “There are a breadth of commercial actors that may want to use genetic data for all sorts of commercial enterprises,” said Jennifer King, a privacy and data policy fellow at the Stanford University Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence.

Date Published: 3.25.2025
Original Publication:Washington Post

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