DNA privacy protection tackled by new encryption technology – study

‘Scientists have developed an encryption technique to protect sensitive genetic information from possibly being exposed during DNA tests.
The discovery of the ‘genome cloaking’ method could vastly improve patient privacy, according to biologists, computer scientists, and cryptographers at Stanford University who devised the technique.
Privacy experts have previously warned of the security risks surrounding DNA testing, saying patients are giving away access to their full genetic code without control over who can acquire it.
This tech breakthrough conceals 97 percent of genetic information in individuals’ genomes while still revealing disease-associated mutations.
“We now have the tools in hand to make certain that genomic discrimination doesn’t happen,” said Gill Bejerano senior author of the study.’
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