Articles Tagged ‘genetic information’
Opinion | By July 27, 2007 | By Sudip Ghosh, MD | 8 Comments
Genetic Discrimination: A Real Threat?
The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2007 finally overcame the republican opposition in recent years, and got through the House of the Representatives. With a change in the recent composition of the senate, there is a good chance it would get through there as well. In the recent hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, Dr. Francis Collins, the Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, reemphasized that the “fear of genetic discrimination” threatened the advancement of biomedical research, and urged legislators to vote in favor of the bill so that individuals may “participate in scientific research without the fear of employment or health discrimination.” But does it really? Read more →
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