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February 10, 2003 | In 1985, the Swedes started a database built around the town of Västerbotten, one of the last areas of Europe to be settled. That was the first database to combine human blood, genealogical data, and DNA — and specific populations linked by geographic destiny. The most recent databases of this type were announced last year in Wisconsin and the United Kingdom; they are already raising hopes for more targeted medicines, as well as concerns about privacy.
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