Equality Bill seeks to ban genetic discrimination – Daily Telegraph
“A ‘landmark’ measure to outlaw unfair genetic discrimination should be included in a new Equality Bill, the country’s leading human DNA watchdog will say tomorrow.” Full story Daily Telegraph, 13th...
View ArticleShould we outlaw genetic discrimination? – UK Human Rights Blog
“Earlier this month the Association of British Insurers announced the latest extension on the moratorium on the use of genetic test results for insurance purposes. But is this ‘Concordat’ sufficient...
View ArticleFSA to ask consumers how much horsemeat they will accept in their food – The...
“Consumers are to be asked whether they will accept traces of horsemeat in their food if it proves too costly and technically difficult to check thoroughly for levels of contamination under 1%.” Full...
View ArticleFine tuning medical diagnoses to rare genetic disorders – UK Human Rights Blog
“There is no doubt that medical diagnosis and therapy are struggling to keep pace with the genetic information pouring out of the laboratories and sequencing centres. And the issue of medical liability...
View ArticleGenetic testing of children up for adoption – UK Human Rights Blog
“Y and Z (Children), 25 April 2013 [2013] EWHC 953 (Fam). Having children is a lottery. No judge or court in the land would sanction the regulation of childbearing, however feckless the parents,...
View ArticleDown the Rabbit Hole of Genetic Testing – UK Human Rights Blog
‘The explosion of genetic testing in the last half century has produced unquantifiable benefits, allowing scientists to understand the constitution of genetic disorders and dramatically improve disease...
View ArticleJudge allows paternity test for DNA disease analysis – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Spencer v Anderson (Paternity Testing) [2016] EWHC 851 (Fam). A fascinating case in the Family Division throws up a number of facts that some may find surprising. One is that this is the first time...
View ArticleDuty of care in genomic medicine: who is liable? – UK Human Rights Blog
‘Clinical Genetics is a field of medicine concerned with the probability of an indvidual’s condition having an hereditary basis. The journal Medical Law International has just published an article...
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