April 28th, 2008
Deborah Peel, founder of Patient Privacy Rights, said the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act, approved last week by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions...
November 6th, 2007
What are the chances that you will get heart disease, or Alzheimer’s? Or that you’ll get fat? New genetic tests will soon be available...
November 5th, 2007
Since the launch of the Human Genome Project, genetic testing has been adopted increasingly into standard practice for diagnosing and managing disease, expanding on...
September 12th, 2007
Minneapolis/Saint Paul The Minnesota Department of Health has suddenly and quietly withdrawn the newborn genetic screening rule which was set to be rolled out...
December 28th, 2005
Cheers to IBM for its recent pledge to not use genetic information in its hiring practices or in deciding eligibility for health insurance coverage...
November 13th, 2005
Like many children whose mothers used an anonymous sperm donor, the 15-year-old boy longed for any shred of information about his biological father. But,...
October 10th, 2005
IBM, the world’s largest computer maker, pledged Monday not to use genetic data to screen employees and applicants in what it said was the...
October 10th, 2005
As concerns grow that genetic information could become a modern tool of discrimination, I.B.M. plans to announce a new work force privacy policy today.
I.B.M., the...
