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Legal and ethical questions around DNA testing
Investigators in Sacramento used the website GEDMatch.com to find relatives of their suspect in the Golden State Killer case. Identifying those relatives led to the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo.
By Madeleine Brand • • 1 min readInvestigators in Sacramento used the website GEDMatch.com to find relatives of their suspect in the Golden State Killer case. Identifying those relatives led to the arrest of Joseph DeAngelo. Using the genetic database, apparently without telling the company or other people who use it, raises legal and ethical questions.
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- 31:14Women runners must be tested for testosterone in Olympics
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