The duty of care: a genetic balancing act?
Genetic testing is becoming a standard part of UK healthcare, with plans to expand its use. But who does this information belong to, and who decides who it is shared with?
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Genetic testing is becoming a standard part of UK healthcare, with plans to expand its use. But who does this information belong to, and who decides who it is shared with?
Read moreSarion Bowers, Policy Lead at the Sanger Institute, reflects on how Brexit will affect science.
Read moreHayley Clissold from the Sanger Institute’s policy team team explores the issues surrounding gene editing and human embryos
Read moreEvidence is a vital part of policy-making – but it’s by no means the only part. We look at how scientists can get involved and make a difference.
Read moreOur Policy Lead, Sarion Bowers, explores the extraordinary claims that the world’s first genome edited babies have been born.
Read moreAnna Middleton, Head of the Society and Ethics research group at Wellcome Genome Campus Connecting Science, reports on Prof He Jiankiu’s unverified announcement of gene editing the first human embryos that have been born
Read moreThe idea that we should benefit from scientific advancement is something we may never have thought of as human right, yet the Universal Declaration of Human Rights firmly makes the case that it is everyone’s right, regardless of education, wealth or background, explains Sarion Bowers
Read moreNow is the time for scientists to strike a deal everyone that benefits society as well as research, argue Anna Middleton, Vivienne Parry and Julian Borra
Read more03.08.17 This week the American Society of Human Genetics issued a policy on the application of germline editing – the ability to alter the genetic makeup of early stage embryos. Anna Middleton, one of the contributors to the statement, explains the policy’s position
Read more04.07.17 The UK Chief Medical Officer’s Report has highlighted the vital role genetics and genomics will play in UK NHS healthcare and medicine. Professor Sharon Peacock helped write the report’s chapter on Infectious disease.
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