UK government tunes out debate on DNA database
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Pressure mounts on records of innocents The government has responded to an e-petition on the burgeoning DNA database but rebuffed its main complaint that the world's largest criminological genetic store has been built "by stealth" and without Parliamentary and public consent.â¦
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The UK government is taken to court over the fate of lab animals, as figures show another rise in animal tests.
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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's leading scientific institution  said Monday it is urging countries to back a campaign to stop a  possible ban on stem cell research as part of a global treaty  banning human cloning. The London-based Royal Society is  stepping up its drive to push the United Nations to ban the  cloning of babies, but to make no ruling on using the  technology for medical research, or therapeutic cloning, at its  59th General Session in October. The 191-nation U.N. General  Assembly is divided over whether to allow therapeutic cloning  to continue or to adopt a broad cloning ban championed by the  Bush administration and Costa Rica with strong backing from the  U.S. anti-abortion movement and many predominantly Roman  Catholic nations.
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The US government can require certain criminals to submit to DNA testing after their release from prison, a divided US federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday in a reversal of an opinion it issued last year.
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Didn't we hear that one somewhere before? Attempts to define race through science haven't had an entirely positive press subsequent to the collapse of the Third Reich, but the Weird Science Department of the UK Government could well be skittering on that very patch of thin ice. Lord Triesman, the Prime minister's Special Envoy for Returns, this week said that work on the "scientific and technical identification of nationality" will be "an important tool" to be used for the return of illegal immigrants to their countries of origin.â¦
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Every resident and visitor to Britain must be added to a national DNA database in order to help solve more crimes and make the system fairer and less discriminatory towards ethic groups, a senior judge said Wednesday.
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Proposals for identity cards and a population register are opposed by Britain's information watchdog.
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Police in England, Wales and Northern Ireland suspend the use of a DNA test after the Omagh bomb verdict.
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Â· Britons assist in analysis of mobile phone dataÂ· Portuguese newspaper tells of new DNA evidence
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A controversy over genetically modified (GMO) crops brewed in Britain Monday after a major government and industry-backed study found no evidence they harmed the environment.
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Police must be barred from storing profiles of innocent people on national DNA database, experts say.
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Â· DNA evidence useless, say family sourcesÂ· New spokesman launches vigorous defence of couple
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Britain's Royal Society is backing a campaign to stop the US securing a world ban on all forms of human cloning.
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Still horribly intrusive, though A Home Office minister has said the cost of the proposed ID card could be dramatically reduced if the government used its existing databases as a foundation for the scheme.â¦
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Swaps Big Brother for fraternal triumvirate The UK government has ditched plans to put all our identities on one big database, saying that sticking with existing systems will help cut fraud and save money.â¦
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Court cases that included use of the controversial Low Copy Number DNA testing technique are to be reviewed.