Hideki Mochizuki

May 15, 2023 | nature.com | Kenichi Yamamoto |Yuki Matsumoto |Hideki Mochizuki |Atsushi Kumanogoh

AbstractHuman DNA present in faecal samples can result in a small number of human reads in gut shotgun metagenomic sequencing data. However, it is presently unclear how much personal information can be reconstructed from such reads, and this has not been quantitatively evaluated. Such a quantitative evaluation is necessary to clarify the ethical concerns related to data sharing and to enable efficient use of human genetic information in stool samples, such as for research and forensics.