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Has Social Networking Gone Too Far?

Irwin Lazar

MIT Technology review reports this morning on the launch of a new social networking site "23andMe" that lets you compare your DNA with others in your social network.


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They have a noble goal, to encourage genetic testing for research and consumer information, but you have to wonder if we're going down a dangerous road......

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