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GenBank: Changes to Human Sequence Submissions
GenBank: Changes to Human Sequence Submissions. NLM Tech Bull. 2026 May-Jun;(470):e4.
June 01, 2026 [posted]
As of June 16, 2026, GenBank® will no longer accept personal sequence data, including personal human chromosome, genome, or mitochondrial DNA data, from private individuals (for example, an individual's personal health data from a laboratory or health care provider, or sequences that were generated by a direct-to-consumer company for the purpose of ancestry or genealogy studies).