A test that uses genetic analysis to diagnose or predict an illness or condition.
The first European legal text on biomedicine will be incorporated into five countries' domestic law in December. The Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine is designed to protect against the misuse of biological and medical developments and was agreed by the Council of Europe after several years of debate. The...
Doctors at University College hospital in London are to treat three families with a history of inherited cancer by carrying out genetic tests on embryos during standard in vitro fertilisation. Joy Delhanty, the professor of human genetics who is leading the research, is working on the simplest of inherited cancers...
The insurance industry is in trouble again. In the field of genetics, in particular, insurers have traditionally had a reputation for putting financial gain before ethics. This week's news that insurers are using information from different genetic tests in insurance policies has been regarded by many as no great surprise...
Life insurance companies may be forced to stop using the results of genetic tests if they continue to flout a voluntary agreement not to use genetic screening before government approval. Lord Sainsbury, the Science Minister, has written to the Association of British Insurers (ABI) to make clear that the government...
Limited use of genetic testing at work to allow the detection of conditions that may put the employee or others in danger has been cautiously approved by government advisors in the UK. The report, published last week by the Human Genetics Advisory Commission, does not recommend a total ban on...
Fertility doctors are claiming that a new method of treating women over the age of 37 could give them a much improved chance of having healthy children through in vitro fertilisation. The success rate of IVF drops in women as they reach their mid-30s - as the quality of their...
Donna Shalala, the US Secretary of Health and Human Services, will be advised on genetic testing issues by members of the new Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing. The 13 members, selected from almost 200 nominees, were announced recently. The committee will be chaired by Edward McCabe, chairman of the department...
The terms of reference and membership of the newly formed Genetics and Insurance Committee (GAIC) were announced by Tessa Jowell, the UK's Minister for Public Health, following last week's initial meeting. GAIC's primary task will be to ensure that genetic tests are only used in assessing insurance premiums when it...
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