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Ethics of population genomics research

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A recent News article described a new Swedish genomics company, UmanGenomics, as having a higher ethical nature than another genomics company, deCODE genetics, which was portrayed as having questionable practices (Nature 400, 3; 1999). We do not accept this characterization.

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Gulcher, J., Stefansson, K. Ethics of population genomics research. Nature 400, 307–308 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/22409

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