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Two lawsuits filed within days of each other in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois claim that Tempus AI Inc. had violated the Illinois Genetic Information Privacy Act when it acquired Ambry Genetics and started to integrate its genetics data into its predictive models.

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Vol.52 No.08

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Research!America announces 2017 Advocacy Award winners

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Lawsuits brought against Tempus AI raise more questions than answers about DNA privacy in the AI era

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The Directors: Yolanda Sanchez and Kelvin Lee talk about making cancer centers more resilient
“Diverse ecosystems are more robust than non-diverse ecosystems. That is a biological fact.”

Two lawsuits vs. Tempus raise questions about privacy of germline data in cancer RWE
“Deidentified” ≠ “deidentifiable”

Joni Nelson tells us how her background led her to pursue research that meets the needs of the community
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After a year, Stephenson institute sees a broader role in funding pancreatic cancer research, fostering collaborations
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