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> every newborn's DNA is stored digitally What?

• desdiv 12y ago
  He probably mixed up several facts: 1. This practice is not done anywhere in the EU AFAIK, only in the US. 2. Only the biological DNA sample is kept, not any digital version of it. It would obviously be cost-prohibitive to fully sequence the gnome of every single newborn baby. But other than that, he's right. DNA samples of every newborn baby in the US is indeed being kept by the government, indefinitely and without parental consent. https://www.aclu.org/free-speech-technology-and-liberty-womens-rights/newborn-dna-banking https://www.aclu.org/free-speech-technology-and-liberty-wome...
  • nthcolumn 12y ago
    Since when was cost a factor? Try storing everyones' phone calls! Each person can fit on a 750M CD. It may be true that they haven't gotten through sequencing them all yet. Genomics England and Illumina (US) are the contractors. PM David Cameron is particularly keen, recently gave them £300 million. He wants everyone tagged 'within a generation'. And yes you can all ignore me and downvote me because it makes no difference. UK, US, Australia all the same. With your DNA on file - you are an open book.