Protests over call for DNA register
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Every British citizen and all visitors to the country should have their DNA logged on the national database, a top judge proposed Wednesday, sparking protests from civil liberties groups.
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Britain&#39;s leading scientists today urge the United Nations to ban cloning of babies but leave open the door for cloning of embryo stem cells as treatments for so-far incurable illnesses.
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Australian civil libertarians were Sunday calling for evidence in the murder trial of British backpacker Peter Falconio to be reexamined following concerns over the DNA testing method used.
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Opponents of human therapeutic cloning begin a legal challenge to the granting of the first UK licence.
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LONDON - Britain&#39;s leading scientific institution said yesterday it is calling for support from other countries to stop a possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty to ban human cloning.
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Police should only be allowed to keep the DNA of people convicted of a crime, a group of experts say.
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Campaigners protest outside Belmarsh Prison at the detention of foreign nationals under UK terror laws.
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British animal rights radicals claim to have contaminated dozens of vials of contact lense solution in France and antiseptic cream in Britain to protest against animal testing, Paris prosecutors said Friday.
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Civil rights advocates Monday urged U.S.  law enforcement officials trying to solve a 3-year-old murder  case to stop asking for DNA samples from male residents of a  Cape Cod community.
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A MAVERICK cloning scientist came under severe criticism yesterday as he denied exploiting bereaved couples by using DNA from their dead children in his experiments.
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The Malta Union of Midwives and Nurses (MUMN) is holding a protest in front of the Prime Ministerâs Office in Valletta over the lack of recruitment of recently graduated nurses.
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About 100 academic researchers have signed an open letter of protest over the departmentâs security screening.
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Supporters of a bill to bar  discrimination against people because of their genetics have  launched a push for congressional passage even as some business  leaders oppose it, fearing a flood of frivolous suits.
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Proposals for identity cards and a population register are opposed by Britain's information watchdog.
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Gordon Brown comes under fire at prime minister's question time after a disc containing the DNA details of thousands of suspected foreign criminals was mislaid for a year
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Science & environment: Scientists will this week launch a recruitment campaign aimed at five million members of the British public. Volunteers will be asked to give blood and DNA samples to the UK Biobank, a controversial new national gene database.
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DNA fingerprints of more than 100 children aged under 10 stored despite their being younger than the age of criminal responsibility.