#China’s #gene giant harvests data from millions of #women

Source: https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/health-china-bgi-dna/

U.S. #government advisors warned in March that a vast bank of genomic data that the company, #BGI Group, is amassing and analyzing with artificial #intelligence could give China a path to economic and #military advantage. As #science pinpoints new links between genes and human traits, access to the biggest, most diverse set of human genomes is a strategic edge. The #technology could propel China to dominate global pharmaceuticals, and also potentially lead to genetically enhanced soldiers, or engineered pathogens to target the U.S. population or #food supply, the advisors said.

What is the #problem? That China violates data #privacy or that the #data was not stolen by an U.S. company?

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