Patrick McGreevy reports:
Privacy advocates are calling for more safeguards related to a state collection of DNA samples from 16 million Californians in a nondescript government warehouse in the Bay Area.
The biobank holds blood taken with the prick of a heel from almost every baby born in California for the last three decades. It is used to screen for 80 health disorders, such as cystic fibrosis and sickle cell anemia.
Unlike most states, California keeps the frozen samples indefinitely and shares them with genetic researchers, for a fee.
Read more on the Los Angeles Times.
Thanks to Joe Cadillic for the link.