Experts call for DNA restrictions
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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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9. (Guardian News Service):The genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations are not sophisticated enough to prevent false identifications, according to the father of DNA fingerprinting.
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Government wants to ignore a wider range of opinion The government is bankrolling a massive âcitizenâs inquiryâ that will see its DNA database policies scrutinised by panels of âordinaryâ people, including criminals and youngsters, instead of scientists and legal professionals.â¦
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At issue is whether scientists using DNA from aboriginal populations are underselling the risks to donors.
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A genetic test marketed by Myriad Gentics is causing great concern among cancer and genetics experts.
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A race to pursue DNA-based indictments has made apparent that no matter how sophisticated the science of DNA, a genetic profile is less than half the battle.
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Officials are calling on family members of persons missing since the terrorist attacks in Egypt to give DNA samples which will be cross matched against tissue samples from the bodies as identification efforts continue.
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A study suggests that there are thousands of people serving long sentences for crimes they did not commit but who have no hope that DNA can clear them.
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Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley and Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler faced aggressive questions yesterday from a pair of legislative committees as they pitched a plan to expand the state's DNA database, one of the governor's top priorities for the General Assembly's 90-day session.
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Also: Sneaky DNA analysis to be outlawed. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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The government is looking into calls to lift a ban on creating embryos from dying children to aid key research.
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Advances in genetic testing are placing strains on the principle of doctor-patient confidentiality, as doctors grapple with whether to tell a patient's relatives when the patient has an inherited disease or mutation that could afflict other members of the family.    In an article in Wednesday's Journal of the American Medical Association, doctors and legal experts argued against imposing a mandatory "duty to warn" nonpatients...
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Keeping in mind the above research, the genetic profiles held by police for criminal investigations cannot always be considered sophisticated since there are chances of false identification, at least one in a billion.
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Controls are needed to ensure genetic information for research is not used by outside parties, British warn experts.
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Hoping to solve and prevent more crimes, the federal government and a growing number of states are casting the DNA net wider by taking genetic samples from people accused but not convicted of breaking the law.
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Police forces test a new DNA technique which scientists say will boost crime detection rates.
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Only if you like, in the sense that you really oughta The UK Ministry of Defence is "strongly encouraging" all its personnel to have their DNA recorded. This is supposed to make identification of their remains easier if they should die in a manner - a disastrous air crash, explosion, etc. - which would inhibit recognition by other means.â¦