GENETIC TESTING

Scientists slam consumer genetic test for same-sex attraction

Xavier Symons | 20 October 2019 | Comments

tags: direct to consumer, genetic determinism, genetic testing, same-sex attraction

The app tests for a genetic predisposition for SSA.

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When genetic tests are bombshells

Michael Cook | 09 June 2019 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, misattributed paternity

What will they reveal about ‘misattributed paternity’?

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Semenya’s testosterone levels deemed too high to compete in women’s 800m

Nic Zumaran | 12 May 2019 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, intersex, sports ethics

The champion athlete has lost her challenge to the IAAF

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NHS to offer user-pay genetic testing

Xavier Symons | 02 February 2019 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, nhs, uk

Test results will be utilised by NHS researchers.

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US company offers IVF risk test for low intelligence

Michael Cook | 17 November 2018 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, ivf

Not part of a slippery slope, says IVF expert

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US Senator discovers that she is at least 1/1024 Native American

Michael Cook | 21 October 2018 | Comments

tags: elizabeth warren, genetic testing

Victim of Trump’s ‘Pocahontas’ gibe takes genetic test

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Direct-to-consumer genetic testing is booming, but ethical concerns remain

Xavier Symons | 18 August 2018 | Comments

tags: 23andme, commercialization, fda, genetic testing

Ethicists still have their reservations.

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FDA green-lights more 23andMe genetic tests

Xavier Symons | 07 April 2017 | Comments

tags: 23andme, genetic testing, law, us

A new set of 23andMe genetic tests have been authorised by the FDA.

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New bill may give employers a mandate solicit genetic information

Xavier Symons | 18 March 2017 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, genetics and law, us

A new bill may allow US companies to ‘fine’ employees for failing to provide genetic information.

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Canada passes genetic ‘anti-discrimination’ law

Xavier Symons | 10 March 2017 | Comments

tags: canada, discrimination, genetic testing, human rights, privacy

Canada has passed a new law that prevents corporations from demanding genetic information from potential employees or customers.

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Kuwait becomes first country to demand universal DNA tests

Michael Cook | 27 August 2016 | Comments

tags: genetic privacy, genetic testing, kuwait

Is its goal defeating terrorism or expelling a minority group?

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Silicon Valley becomes a bioethical testing ground

Michael Cook | 07 November 2015 | Comments

tags: 23andMe, clinical trials, genetic testing, internet, Silicon Valley

Internet giants move into medical research.

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Canadian bioethicist questions value of Down syndrome detection

Michael Cook | 23 May 2015 | Comments

tags: Down syndrome, genetic testing

Questions about “a ‘corporate arms race’ to develop prenatal tests for Down syndrome

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23andMe branches into pharma

Xavier Symons | 21 March 2015 | Comments

tags: 23andMe, Big Pharma, genetic testing

It will set up its own pharmaceutical wing to identify new drug targets for both common and rare diseases.

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Genetic testing backfires

Michael Cook | 28 September 2014 | Comments

tags: 23andMe, genetic testing, paternity tests

You cannot possibly improve on this headline: “With genetic testing, I gave my parents the gift of divorce”.

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New service creates virtual babies for worried mothers

Michael Cook | 11 April 2014 | Comments

tags: genetic screening, genetic testing

An American businesswoman and an Ivy League scientist have teamed up to create a sophisticated service for reducing genetic diseases for lesbian couples and single women.

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Savulescu - We have a moral obligation to increase the intelligence of our children

Xavier Symons | 28 March 2014 | Comments

tags: embryo screening, genetic testing, intelligence, Julian Savulescu

Oxford bioethicist Julian Savulescu calls for genetic screening of the unborn for IQ genes.

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Is sport just about genetic luck?

Xavier Symons | 07 September 2013 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, sports

Journalist Malcolm Gladwell asks whether sport is really a competition, or whether it is simply a matter of 'genetic luck'.

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Ancestry testing is “genetic astrology”, says UK geneticist

Michael Cook | 03 March 2013 | Comments

tags: ancestry testing, genetic testing

Companies around the world are springing up to sell genetic ancestry testing, to the enrichment of some geneticists and the dismay of others.

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Telling the truth in Saudi Arabia

Michael Cook | 27 October 2012 | Comments

tags: genetic testing, misattributed paternity, privacy, Saudi Arabia

A case history from King Abdullah International Medical Research Centre, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, about telling the truth.

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