Marketplace Tech Report for January 03, 2011

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Marketplace Tech Report for January 03, 2011

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The coming conundrum of home DNA testing

Technology is always presenting us with situations where there is more known about us than we would perhaps like to be known. Don't believe me, go Google yourself and see what's out there. So as the field of direct to consumer genetic testing begins to really gain traction, we wonder what's it going to mean to our health and our society.
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