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Re:23andMe to share customer gene data with GlaxoSmithKline ... by pathseeker on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:21PM (#21816733)
>Is there not a difference between using your data for research...and selling it to a pharmaceutical company attempting to develop a commercial drug?

No...? Precluding companies from coming up with cures for diseases based on researching this data seems to defeat one of the major points of medical research.

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Re:23andMe to share customer gene data with GlaxoSmithKline ... by throwaway_tech on Tuesday December 17, 2019 @01:47PM (#21817092)
>Precluding companies from coming up with cures for diseases based on researching this data seems to defeat one of the major points of medical research.

Since when is privacy violations a major point of medical research? Did these pharma companies get your DNA through a 3rd party without your knowledge?

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