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Biotechnology intrinsically blurs boundaries between science and commerce, market and state, the global and the national, and even personal privacy and collective interest. Progress depends more heavily in biotech than in other high-tech industries on knowledge networks and transnational collaboration, especially those that connect the United States and China.
US Senator for Florida, Marco Rubio has introduced two bills to counter China efforts to collect US healthcare and genomics data both legally and illegally.
Rubio Unveils Bills Targeting China’s Collection of Americans’ DNA Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has introduced two bills to counter the Chinese regime’s efforts to collect the genomic data of Americans through both legal and illegal means. The Republican senator, who has been a leading voice in addressing the issue, introduced the Genomics Expenditures and National Security Enhancement (GENE) Act and The Genomics Data Security Act on Thursday. Beijing has for years been collecting large amounts of American health care data, using illegal methods such as cyber hacking, investments in Americ...