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What happens when the company that owns your DNA goes bust?
Published: 1 April 2025 at 00:01 Europe/London
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Pioneering DNA testing company 23&me has filed for bankruptcy after failing to live up to its six billion-dollar promise. What does that mean for the data security of the fifteen million people who handed over their genetic information? And with at least 1 in 5 Britons having taken a commercial DNA test, is the age of genetic anonymity over?
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Guest: Jenny Kleeman, Journalist and Author.
Host: Jane Mulkerrins.
Producer: Olivia Case.
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