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Why US police could be using your genes to profile you right now

13 November 2019

A worrying warrant for police access to a genealogy DNA databank in the US means no one’s genetic profile is safe – even if you don’t use the services

If I have a disease-causing gene, should my doctor tell my family?

28 August 2019

Genetic testing is undermining medical norms as people sue their doctors for either telling them or not telling them a relative’s diagnosis, says Laura Spinney

Genetic testing companies should not trade science for marketing

5 June 2019

Promising consumers genetically tailored holidays or music playlists misleads about what DNA tests can do, and often hides the motive of collecting lucrative data

Had a genetic test? You should be told if its implications change

4 April 2019

Some genetic test results that seemed life-threatening now look less risky. We need to rethink what patients get told, say Rachel Horton and Anneke Lucassen

Genetics studies are too white – that’s failing people and science

21 March 2019

Three-quarters of people in studies linking genetics and health are of white European descent, leading us to miss vital clues, says researcher Scott Williams

Human genome editing is here – now we have to decide who is in charge

1 March 2019

The announcement of a WHO committee to discuss the scientific, ethical and legal issues surrounding human genome editing is to be welcomed, says Andy Greenfield

How should we control the power to genetically eliminate a species?

5 October 2018

The power to re-engineer or eliminate wild species using a “gene drive” needs to be brought under international governance, say Simon Terry and Stephanie Howard

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Allow lesbians to use 'three-parent' baby IVF to have children

7 March 2018

Mitochondrial replacement techniques should be used to help same-sex female couples have children genetically-related to both partners, says Alex Pearlman