GA4GH Public Attitudes blog post explores the perceived risks of sharing genomic data with researchers

24 Jul 2025

In the newest GA4GH Public Attitudes for Genomic Policy forum blog post, Dr. Richard Karlsson Linnér (Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands) writes about his recent study, investigating the willingness of a sample of people in Dutch and German households to share their genomic data, based on levels of trust in scientific researchers, data security, and safeguarding of personal information.

Read more in the blog post here.

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