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Murderer Caught When Sister Used Genealogy Site

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MEH!
A Pennsylvania wedding DJ admitted Tuesday to raping and strangling to death an elementary school teacher whose 26-year cold case was solved with help from DNA submitted to a genealogy database by his half-sister.
It’s a result that is long overdue,” Lancaster District Attorney Craig Stedman said, local TV station WHTM reports.
A beloved sixth-grade teacher at Rohrerstown Elementary School, Mirack was found dead in her home on Dec. 21, 1992.
Police found DNA from her assailant at the crime scene but for decades could not find a match.
That changed when investigators tapped into a database on the genealogy website GEDmatch — the same publicly accessible site that helped capture the suspect in the Golden State Killercase involving a man suspected of dozens of killings and rapes in California in the 1970s and ’80s.

Rowe’s half-sister had at one time uploaded her DNA to the site, which linked her to the DNA sample found at the scene, which led them to focus on Rowe, say authorities.
They are trying to make shit like this the norm. This is scary as fuck to me.
 
Whew man, good to know about that website. It’s funny because once you take your raw dna data from the company you’ve did your DNA with, you’re pretty much no longer protected. I know at least with Ancestry you aren’t and they make sure to put a disclaimer too.
 
Whew man, good to know about that website. It’s funny because once you take your raw dna data from the company you’ve did your DNA with, you’re pretty much no longer protected. I know at least with Ancestry you aren’t and they make sure to put a disclaimer too.
Explain this for me please
 
Do you really trust the US government with a map to your DNA. I know I don't.

Bruh, look at what's going on now. The U.S. government is incompetent. What do you think they will try to do with your DNA? The most they can do is what they are already doing, use sources like the ancestry sites to catch criminals.
 
Bruh, look at what's going on now. The U.S. government is incompetent. What do you think they will try to do with your DNA? The most they can do is what they are already doing, use sources like the ancestry sites to catch criminals.
You're talking about the white house. I'm thinking bigger, FBI, CIA, NSA. If they know my DNA how hard would it be to recreate it at a crime scene or in a "terrorist" attach.
Why do you trust in the system so much when they have proven time and time again it's corrupt.
 
Yall are going to fucking love this.


Conspiracy Theory Confirmed!


GSK and 23andMe sign agreement to leverage genetic insights for the development of novel medicines

Issued: Wednesday 25 July 2018 London UK and Mountain View, CA
Multi-year collaboration expected to identify novel drug targets, tackle new subsets of disease and enable rapid progression of clinical programmes

GSK and 23andMe today unveiled an exclusive four-year collaboration that will focus on research and development of innovative new medicines and potential cures, using human genetics as the basis for discovery. The collaboration will combine 23andMe’s large-scale genetic resources and advanced data science skills, with the scientific and medical knowledge and commercialisation expertise of GSK. The goal of the collaboration is to gather insights and discover novel drug targets driving disease progression and develop therapies for serious unmet medical needs based on those discoveries.

With over 5 million customers, 23andMe offers those with an interest in genetics the opportunity to learn more about their personal genetic profile. 23andMe customers can also choose to participate in research and contribute their information to a unique and dynamic database, which is now the world’s largest genetic and phenotypic resource.

GSK brings extensive drug discovery and development capabilities across a broad range of diseases and modalities, including small molecule, biopharmaceuticals and cell and gene therapies. It will apply its world-class technologies, including access to additional data sources, in-house target validation and genetics expertise, and utilise its manufacturing, commercial operations and scale to support partner activities across research and development.

Dr. Hal Barron, Chief Scientific Officer and President R&D, GSK, said; “We are excited about this unique collaboration as we know that drug targets with genetic validation have a significantly higher chance of ultimately demonstrating benefit for patients and becoming medicines. Partnering with 23andMe, an organisation whose vision and capabilities are transforming the understanding of how genes influence health, will help to shift our research and development organisation to be ‘driven by genetics’, and increase the impact GSK can have on patients.”

Anne Wojcicki, CEO and Co-Founder of 23andMe, said; “This collaboration will enable us to deliver on what many customers have been asking for -- cures or treatments for diseases. By leveraging the genetic and phenotypic information provided by consenting 23andMe customers and combining it with GSK’s incredible expertise and resources in drug discovery, we believe we can more quickly make treating and curing diseases a reality.”

Together, GSK and 23andMe will focus on translating genetic and phenotypic data into R&D activities that will:

Improve target selection to allow safer, more effective ‘precision’ medicines to be discovered. Genetic data can significantly improve our understanding of diseases, their pathways and mechanisms, supporting the design and development of more targeted medicines. Use of genetic data in selecting drug targets can increase both the probability of success in a particular indication and avoid unwanted safety risks.
Support identification of patient subgroups that are more likely to respond to targeted treatments. Scale is critical for the detection of genetic effects in smaller subsets of diseases and patients. With over 80% of 23andMe’s customer base consenting to participate in research, their aggregate and de-identified data could help enable the discovery of a significant number of novel associations from a diverse range of people, which would not otherwise be possible.
Allow more effective identification and recruitment of patients for clinical studies. The ability to identify and invite patients with a particular disease, and in some case specific genetic subgroups, to participate in studies that are relevant to them could significantly shorten recruitment and reduce clinical development timelines, allowing medicines to be delivered to patients more efficiently.

Deal Terms
Under the terms of the deal, GSK and 23andMe have entered into a four-year collaboration with the option to extend for a fifth year under which GSK will become 23andMe’s exclusive collaborator for drug target discovery programmes. During this time, the companies will use 23andMe's rich database and proprietary statistical analytics to fuel drug target discovery, with the goal of jointly discovering novel targets that can progress into development. A joint GSK-23andMe drug discovery team will use their combined resources to identify new targets and prioritise based on strength of the biological hypothesis, possibility to find a medicine, and clinical opportunity.

To allow work to commence immediately, the deal enables both companies to bring existing early stage programmes within the collaboration. 23andMe currently has a portfolio of early stage therapeutic research programmes across a wide range of disease indications, which will be assessed for inclusion. GSK will contribute its LRRK2 inhibitor, which is currently in preclinical development as a potential treatment for Parkinson’s disease. This programme is expected to significantly progress by leveraging 23andMe’s large base of consented customers who are aware of their LRRK2 variant status as a result of 23andMe’s FDA-authorised genetic health reports. Together, GSK and 23andMe are expected to more effectively target and rapidly recruit patients with defined LRRK2 mutations in order to reach clinical proof of concept.

All activities within the collaboration will initially be co-funded (50%/50%), with either company having certain rights to reduce its funding share for any collaboration programme. It is expected that this collaboration will jointly progress a number of targets per year, with either company able to independently progress additional targets identified within the collaboration. GSK will also have the right to work with 23andMe to analyse 23andMe’s database for validation of GSK’s existing therapeutic portfolio as well as leverage 23andMe’s capabilities for clinical trial recruitment. Both GSK and 23andMe will share in the proceeds from new treatments and medicines arising from the collaboration.

Additionally, GSK has made a $300M equity investment in 23andMe.

Protecting what’s important
23andMe customers are in control of their data. Participating in 23andMe’s research is always voluntary and requires customers to affirmatively consent to participate. For those who do consent, their information will be de-identified, so no individual will be identifiable to GSK.

The continued protection of customers’ data and privacy is the highest priority for both GSK and 23andMe. Both companies have stringent security protections in place when it comes to collecting, storing and transferring information about research participants. 23andMe employs software, hardware and physical security measures to protect the computers where data is stored and information will only be transferred using encryption to offer maximum security.
 
What if your insurance company had access to your genetic material and based your premiums....nevermind lemme quit that would never happen.
 
sometimes i have wondered what my ancestry looks like, but things like this will make me just settle for the person i know i am today

this shit cray
 
You're talking about the white house. I'm thinking bigger, FBI, CIA, NSA. If they know my DNA how hard would it be to recreate it at a crime scene or in a "terrorist" attach.
Why do you trust in the system so much when they have proven time and time again it's corrupt.

I'm talking about the whole government. Trump is the worst, but the government in general is pretty incompetent and corrupt. This is coming from one who supports offices at two different Federal departments (Defense and Homeland Security).

Anyway, I don't trust the government. The scenarios you're pushing don't make any sense. First, them having information on your DNA doesn't mean they can just plant your DNA. That doesn't even make any sense. That's like saying if the cops have your fingerprints on file, they can somehow put fingerprints at a crime scene. That's not a thing. Second, even if they could pull something like that off, the likelihood of them doing that to the average person is slim. Do you honestly think cops and Feds are just going around planting DNA at crime scenes for the fuck of it? If that was the case, they wouldn't even need that shit from ancestry sites. They could just break into your house, steal hairs from your brush or comb, and plant them at those scenes.
 
I think this shit is hilarious.

Folks stay falling for the okey doke.


Like that kit couldnt have been did at home without a mail in or a internet connection.

Foh.
 
Explain this for me please

So basically, when you get your results you have the chance to download the raw dna data. That’s basically your results but you can’t read it unless of course you know how, it’s a bunch of codes and such. GEDMatch is a website people can upload their raw dna data to for “more information”. I’ve had a few customers mention it but I’m not with it. I figured Ancestry put the disclaimer for a reason. Once you take it off their website and upload it to somewhere else, it’s no longer protected. Laws included.
 
This is funny to me, I’ve actually talked customers out of uploading it to GEDMatch.
 
I'm talking about the whole government. Trump is the worst, but the government in general is pretty incompetent and corrupt. This is coming from one who supports offices at two different Federal departments (Defense and Homeland Security).

Anyway, I don't trust the government. The scenarios you're pushing don't make any sense. First, them having information on your DNA doesn't mean they can just plant your DNA. That doesn't even make any sense. That's like saying if the cops have your fingerprints on file, they can somehow put fingerprints at a crime scene. That's not a thing. Second, even if they could pull something like that off, the likelihood of them doing that to the average person is slim. Do you honestly think cops and Feds are just going around planting DNA at crime scenes for the fuck of it? If that was the case, they wouldn't even need that shit from ancestry sites. They could just break into your house, steal hairs from your brush or comb, and plant them at those scenes.
Maybe you're right .It just doesn't sit right with me at all.
 
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