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EFF Sues Justice Department for Records About FBI’s Plans for Rapid DNA
2015-08-25
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the FBI to gain access to documents revealing the governmentâ...

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Gene wars: the last-ditch battle over who owns the rights to our DNA
McKie, Robin
Article
2013
Guardian Weekly
A US biotech company is fighting to protect the patents it took out on a test for a cancer-causing gene. Scientists say a win for the firm would set back a growing ability to detect diseases.
The government owns your DNA. What are they doing with it?
Scutti, Susan
Article
2014
Newsweek
Some US states have created biobanks of genetic material left over from patient screening tests, with specimens potentially used for purposes that have not granted informed consent, bringing up distur...


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