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Stanford Bioethicist And Colleagues Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing
Published July 4, 2009, 3:10 am, Medical News Today
Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes. The disease is common among your friends and family, and you're proud of your role in finding out why. Now, imagine that some time later, you learn that your DNA has been used for other studies on topics you never expected - schizophrenia, human migration, inbreeding.
Experts Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing
Published July 3, 2009, 5:20 am, Science Daily
The need for a clear set of rules governing genetic ancestry testing is becoming more urgent, according to experts, given the proliferation of private corporations that promise consumers insight into their genetic origins.
Peter Fricker: CBC shouldn't celebrate inauthentic and inhumane Calgary Stampede
Published July 2, 2009, 2:38 pm, The Georgia Straight
In fact, the Stampede has almost nothing “authentic” about it and has little to do with western heritage.
Ridley Pearson
Published July 2, 2009, 2:06 pm, Book Reporter
Ridley Pearson is the author of more than twenty novels, including the New York Times bestseller KILLER WEEKEND; the Lou Boldt crime series; and many books for young readers, including the award-winning children's novels PETER AND THE STARCATCHERS, PETER AND THE SHADOW THIEVES, and PETER AND THE SECRET OF RUNDOON, which he cowrote with Dave Barry.
Bioethicist And Colleagues Call For Federal Regulation Of Genetic Ancestry Testing
Published July 2, 2009, 1:45 pm, redOrbit
Imagine donating a sample of your DNA to help researchers study the genetics of diabetes. The disease is common among your friends and family, and you're proud of your role in finding out why.
Bioethicists Call For Heightened Oversight of Genetic Ancestry Testing
Published July 2, 2009, 12:02 pm, GenomeWeb News
A team of bioethics and anthropology researchers from Stanford University, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Texas at Austin, New York University, and the University of Wisconsin argued that a sound public policy should be developed around existing genetic ancestry testing recommendations — such as those issued by the American Society for Human Genetics at its annual ...
Tougher controls sought for DNA ancestry testing
Published July 2, 2009, 11:48 am, UC Newsroom
Regulation would set 'gold standard' in direct-to-consumer genetic tests for genealogy and medical use.
Bioethicists call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing
Published July 2, 2009, 11:33 am, PhysOrg
(PhysOrg.com) -- As the popularity of take-home DNA kits to trace ancestry or calculate the risk for serious medical conditions grows, there is an increasingly critical need for federal oversight of "direct-to consumer" genetic testing, as well as of the use of DNA samples for research, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and several other academic institutions.
Stanford bioethicist and colleagues call for federal regulation of genetic ancestry testing
Published July 2, 2009, 11:13 am, EurekAlert!
( Stanford University Medical Center ) The lack of federal regulation in instances of DNA use will be addressed in the Policy Forum section in the July 3 issue of Science by Sandra Soo-Jin Lee, Ph.D., of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, and colleagues from four other universities. The need for a clear set of rules governing genetic ancestry testing is becoming more urgent, Lee said, ...
Like humans, birds avoid inbreeding
Published July 2, 2009, 10:47 am, The Times of India
WASHINGTON: Scientists have found that a strictly monogamous species of bird has the ability to choose partners with a different genetic profile.
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