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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by kbenson on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:10PM (#23923223)
> including an option to destroy your saliva sample

Until I read that sentence, it honestly never occurred to me they would keep that around. The data, sure. Biological samples? I just assumed they would be disposed of after use.

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by Figs on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:20PM (#23923280)
Ever heard of HeLa cells?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HeLa

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by jcims on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @11:13PM (#23923837)
RadioLab did a great episode on Henrietta's story

https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/radiolab/segments/91716...

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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by andrewem on Thursday July 23, 2020 @12:31AM (#23924194)
A sample can be used for multiple analyses. For instance, a customer might pay for autosomal DNA analysis and later want to pay extra for mitochondrial DNA analysis. If the sample has been destroyed, no problem just send in a new sample - unless the subject has died in the meantime.
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by FreeTrade on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @09:16PM (#23923260)
Collect it all.
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Re:Breach exposed more than one million DNA profiles on a ma... by philsnow on Wednesday July 22, 2020 @10:53PM (#23923736)
No reason to discard it, better sequencers are always around the corner
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