Icelandic woman wins genetic privacy case
The law used to create Iceland's national genetic database may be unconstitutional, according to a recent ruling by the country's supreme court. In a case brought last November, the court upheld the right of a woman to withhold her deceased father's medical records from the scheme, which is run on...
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HFEA comes under pressure on 'saviour siblings'
by Juliet Tizzard
This week BioNews reports on another 'saviour sibling' case, which has come to light in the United Kingdom. Joe and Julie Fletcher are hoping to have preimplantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) with tissue typing in order to conceive a child who will be a matched tissue donor for their son, Joshua...