@nathans @carnage4life The sad thing about this, is...

The sad thing about this, is that you don't need to. 🤷🏿‍♂️

If enough of your relatives do, you're in.

That's how they caught this dude.

Short version: a cop that is also a serial killer, can make sure that his DNA never enters the federal DNA database, so he can keep criming. But he can't stop his grandkids and cousins from entering private industry DNA databases, and he can't stop private industry from selling access to the Feds.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_James_DeAngelo

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nathans :ms_weed: :donor:

@mekkaokereke @carnage4life yeah you're right. I'm probably already screwed because my sister did one of these

7 Oct 2023 at 23:17 | Open on infosec.exchange

mekka okereke :verified:

@nathans @carnage4life

Double fun:

There might be a gene sequence that only appears in nature in exactly one individual: you!

Your sister might have a similar sequence. Your parents might have a similar sequence. But this specific sequence only appears in you.

Your mom and dad night have partial immunity from a condition. Your sister might have almost full immunity. You are the only human on earth with full immunity.

The DNA bank can get a gene patent on your sequence. 🤡

Thanks sis!

7 Oct 2023 at 23:24 | Open on hachyderm.io

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@mekkaokereke @nathans @carnage4life

HeLa

sounds like a random research descriptor

it's also the Nordic Goddess of death, half alive, half dead

but it stands for Henrietta Lacks

everyone should know her story. and the story of her as she has lived on past her death, literally, bought and sold with nothing to her family, not even notification. she was genetic "property"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks

8 Oct 2023 at 2:03 | Open on techhub.social

DB Schwein

@accretionist @mekkaokereke @nathans @carnage4life

'The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks' by Rebecca Skloot is an excellent book about her family.

8 Oct 2023 at 2:45 | Open on mas.to

Swalsh

@deirdrebeth @accretionist @mekkaokereke @nathans @carnage4life There's an excellent recent article by Joan Walsh about a doctor who tried to save lives using the HeLa cells: https://www.thenation.com/article/society/roland-pattillo-henrietta-lacks-obituary/ @thenation

8 Oct 2023 at 3:39 | Open on mastodon.social

dr mags amond

@Swalsh @deirdrebeth @accretionist @mekkaokereke @nathans @carnage4life @thenation thank you for this link

8 Oct 2023 at 8:31 | Open on mastodon.social

enchantedsleeper 🌈⭐

@accretionist 👇 That's a HELL OF A WAY to find out that your family member's cells are being used in scientific research and treatment!! (From Wikipedia) @mekkaokereke @carnage4life

Screenshot from the Wikipedia article for Henrietta Lacks, reading: In the early 1970s, a large portion of other cell cultures became contaminated by HeLa cells. As a result, members of Henrietta Lacks's family received solicitations for blood samples from researchers hoping to learn about the family's genetics in order to differentiate between HeLa cells and other cell lines.[38][39]

Alarmed and confused, several family members began questioning why they were receiving so many telephone calls requesting blood samples. In 1975, the family also learned through a chance dinner-party conversation that material originating in Henrietta Lacks was continuing to be used for medical research.[26] Prior to this, the family had never discussed Henrietta's illness and death among themselves.[1]

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