DNA database clear-out
The DNA profiles of nearly 1 million people not convicted of a crime are to be removed from the UK’s national DNA database following last year’s ruling by the European Court of Human Rights that retaining them was illegal. The move represents a retreat by the UK government, which originally said it had no plans to remove samples.
Artificial blood rejected
A pioneering blood substitute designed to boost supplies for blood transfusions was rejected by the US Food and Drug Administration last week. The FDA concluded that people given PolyHeme, made by Northfield Laboratories of Evanston, Illinois,…
