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The impact of cross...
The impact of cross-kingdom molecular forensics on genetic privacy
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- Elhaik, Eran (author)
- Lund University,Lunds universitet,Molekylär cellbiologi,Biologiska institutionen,Naturvetenskapliga fakulteten,Molecular Cell Biology,Department of Biology,Faculty of Science
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- Ahsanuddin, Sofia (author)
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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- Robinson, Jake M. (author)
- Healthy Urban Microbiome Initiative (HUMI),University of Sheffield
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Foster, Emily M. (author)
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- Mason, Christopher E. (author)
- Yale University,Weill Cornell Medical College,Weill Cornell Medicine Feil Family Brain & Mind Research Institute
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- 2021-05-20
- 2021
- English.
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In: Microbiome. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 2049-2618. ; 9:1
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- Recent advances in metagenomic technology and computational prediction may inadvertently weaken an individual’s reasonable expectation of privacy. Through cross-kingdom genetic and metagenomic forensics, we can already predict at least a dozen human phenotypes with varying degrees of accuracy. There is also growing potential to detect a “molecular echo” of an individual’s microbiome from cells deposited on public surfaces. At present, host genetic data from somatic or germ cells provide more reliable information than microbiome samples. However, the emerging ability to infer personal details from different microscopic biological materials left behind on surfaces requires in-depth ethical and legal scrutiny. There is potential to identify and track individuals, along with new, surreptitious means of genetic discrimination. This commentary underscores the need to update legal and policy frameworks for genetic privacy with additional considerations for the information that could be acquired from microbiome-derived data. The article also aims to stimulate ubiquitous discourse to ensure the protection of genetic rights and liberties in the post-genomic era. [MediaObject not available: see fulltext.]
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Biologi -- Bioinformatik och systembiologi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Biological Sciences -- Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- Forensics
- Genetic discrimination
- Genetic privacy
- Genomics
- Metagenomics
- Microbiomics
- Next-generation sequencing
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