Most people don't appreciate that we are basically beyond GATTACA wild's dream of tracing people using DNA.
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https://twitter.com/cdixon/status/1473373870635642880
If you recall, the police in GATTACA has access to Vincent's (the protagonist) eyelash. However, they can't identify him since he is not in any database.
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We already at the point that nearly all US people can be identified via their DNA despite not being in any police database. How? about 1-2% of the US population took at DNA test that is searchable in 3rd party websites such as GEDmatch. 3/5
The police can upload the DNA from a crime scene evidence to these websites to identify a relative of the person of interest (e.g. 2nd cousin). Then, by tracing genealogical routes they can get to "Vincent"
This how they got the Golden State Killer! 4/5
nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/โฆ
This how they got the Golden State Killer! 4/5
nytimes.com/2018/04/26/us/โฆ
Back in 2018, we showed that if the genomes of 1%-2% of the US population is available via these databases, then virtually anyone in the population is traceable. And this is beyond the fantasy of what GATTACA predicted 20 years ago. 5/5
science.org/doi/10.1126/scโฆ
science.org/doi/10.1126/scโฆ
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