In defence of privacy
Is the newly launched Personal Genome Project's public disclosure policy the best response to the difficulties of safeguarding genomic confidentiality?...
Is the newly launched Personal Genome Project's public disclosure policy the best response to the difficulties of safeguarding genomic confidentiality?...
by Dr Michael Hopkins and 1 others
Last week saw the conclusion of the long-running gene patent lawsuit known as AMP v. Myriad Genetics. At stake was the patentability of isolated DNA sequences...
by Dr Stuart Hogarth and 1 others
The Department of Health (DH) has announced the formation of a new body to advise on emerging healthcare scientific developments and their ethical, legal, social and economic implications. The new body, the Emerging Science and Bioethics Advisory Committee (ESBAC), will rise phoenix-like from the ashes of the Human Genetics Commission (HGC), which was incinerated in the government's recent bonfire of the quangos. It is a telling illustration of the continued governance challeng...
by Dr Stuart Hogarth and 1 others
'Building on our inheritance: Genomic technology in healthcare' is the latest in a long line of reports that have sought to assess the potential of genomic medicine and to outline how policy can best support its development....
by Dr Stuart Hogarth and 1 others
Earlier this month the UK's Human Genetics Commission (HGC) published a new document entitled 'A Common Framework of Principles for Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Services' in a bid to define standards for this emergent sector...
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