My sister's keeper?: genomic research and the identifiability of siblings

Background: Genomic sequencing of SNPs is increasingly prevalent, though the amount of familial information these data contain has not been quantified. Methods: We provide a framework for measuring the risk to siblings of a patient's SNP genotype disclosure, and demonstrate that sibling SNP gen...

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Main Authors: Cassa, Christopher A. (Contributor), Schmidt, Brian (Contributor), Kohane, Isaac (Contributor), Mandl, Kenneth D. (Contributor)
Other Authors: Harvard University- (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (Contributor)
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BioMed Central Ltd., 2009-10-19T13:35:32Z.
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