Anti-Discrimination Bill Inadvertently Legalizes Sharing of Genetic Information Without Patient Consent

May 1st, 2008
“While authors of the recently passed Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2008 (H.R. 493) had good intentions, the bill inadvertently legalizes the sharing of...

Medical privacy still isn’t protected

May 1st, 2008
The Sun’s article on the Senate’s vote to bar discrimination based on the results of genetic testing (“Measure would bar use of information by...

Experts argue over benefits of genetic testing

May 1st, 2008
A panel of cutting edge experts on healthcare and genetics duked it out at Wednesday’s Bio-IT World’s Sixth Annual Conference over the potential benefits...