23andMe is potentially selling more than just genetic data – the personal survey info it collected is just as much a privacy problem
By: Kayte Spector-Bagdady, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Michigan As soon as the genetic testing company 23andMe filed for bankruptcy on March 23, 2025, concerns about what would happen to the personal information contained in its massive genetic and health information database were swift and widespread. A few days after, a U.S. judge ruled […]
From anecdotes to AI tools, how doctors make medical decisions is evolving with technology
By: Aaron J. Masino, Associate Professor of Computing, Clemson University The practice of medicine has undergone an incredible, albeit incomplete, transformation over the past 50 years, moving steadily from a field informed primarily by expert opinion and the anecdotal experience of individual clinicians toward a formal scientific discipline. The advent of evidence-based medicine meant clinicians identified the […]