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Re:23andMe Sold Access to Your DNA Library to Big Pharma, bu... by maxioatic on Friday July 27, 2018 @03:20AM (#17624090)
Agreed. However, the NIH, as mentioned in the article, is trying to accomplish similar goals.

I would think though, that the private corporation compared to a non-profit government agency is going to be faster at finding a solution given the same data. This will of course come with a $$$ cost.

Naively this sounds alright to me.

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Re:23andMe Sold Access to Your DNA Library to Big Pharma, bu... by aaavl2821 on Friday July 27, 2018 @12:20PM (#17627072)
You aren't naive, almost all medicines require for profit funding to get to market. In 2017 92% of new approved drugs were owned by companies. Non profits don't have the money or infrastructure
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