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Bankrupt 23andMe Just Sold Off All Your DNA Data (futurism.com)

submitted 2 days ago by schizoidman@lemm.ee to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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Regeneron is to pay $256 million in cash to acquire "substantially all" of 23andMe's assets, including its massive biobank of around 15 million customer genetic samples and data.

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[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 42 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

entirely fucking predictable. and 256 mil is chump change for essentially genetic data that could be extrapolated to most of the country.

[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Especially considering who bought it.

[–] biofaust@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

What is known, at least publicly, about Regeneron?

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i can only imagine someone buying that data is up to no good. who is "regeneron" really?