Prognosis
I Took DNA Tests in the U.S. and China. The Results Concern Me
- Discovered I’m 3% Uighur, an ethnic group persecuted in China
- Privacy is big concern as governments seek access to DNA data
Spitting into the plastic test tube, I felt nervous. I was offering up a piece of myself for decoding, and while this time there was no silver-haired sage, it reminded me of a visit to a fortune teller when I was 21.
Then, I offered the palm of my hand in a bid to divine what fate had planned for me. Now, it was DNA, with my saliva destined for a laboratory in southwest China, to the headquarters of Chengdu 23Mofang Biotechnology Co., a startup that’s seeking to tap a boom in consumer genetics in the world’s most populous nation.