Bioethics group raises DNA database concerns
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'There has to be a limit to police powers' Analysis The Nuffield Council on Bioethics has condemned the retention of "innocent" DNA on the National Database as unjustifed and unethical with "overtones of a police state".â¦
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A difference of opinion about the genetic basis of race has emerged between scientists at the National Human Genome Center at Howard University and some other geneticists.
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U.S. health officials have placed the genetic blueprints of more than 650 flu viruses into a public database, in an attempt to increase flu research and set an example for other nations.
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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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By Rick Weiss  WASHINGTON  --  The first concerted effort to understand all the inner workings of the DNA molecule is overturning a host of long- held assumptions about the nature of genes and their role in human health and evolution, scientists reported Wednesday.
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Some scientists are thinking twice about doing or reporting certain research, reacting to political and social controversy in addition to legal restrictions.
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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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A national health advocacy group and dozens of scientists called on the government Friday to re-evaluate its new cholesterol guidelines, questioning whether there was sufficient evidence to justify
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Scientists are warning would-be slimmers to be careful about using 'DNA-diets' on the internet.
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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.
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The scientist who discovered genetic "fingerprinting" two decades ago said Wednesday that he has some concerns about the use of the technology.
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Researchers have found for the first time a change in DNA that could put someone at a higher risk for high blood pressure and high cholesterol.
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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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Privacy advocates are concerned that an implantable microchip designed to help doctors tap into a patient&#39;s medical records could undermine confidentiality or could even be used to track the patient&#39;s movements.
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Ministers fund an inquiry into the way the national police DNA database is used to fight crime.
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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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ECHR could make DNA retention without conviction illegal Updated Lord Justice Sedley's proposal to put everyone in the UK on a DNA database would be dependent on a British man's case against the UK at the European Court of Human Rights, according to a privacy law expert.â¦