Monthly Archives: June 2009

From BusinessWire: Risks of Sharing Personal Genetic Information Online Need More Study, Stanford Bioethicists Say With just $399 and a bit of saliva in a cup, consumers can learn about their genetic risk for diseases from breast cancer to diabetes. … Continue reading →

Ronald Bailey, writing for Reason Online: You Can’t Handle the Truth: Do genetic tests need more federal regulation? Worth reading in its entirety, but here are some key bits: But does such direct-to-consumer (DTC) genotyping need to be regulated—or banned? … Continue reading →

From Genomeweb Daily News: European Genetics Group Offers Draft of Genetic Testing Oversight The European Society of Human Genetics has issued a draft version of proposed recommendations for regulating and managing genetic testing and will be accepting public comments about … Continue reading →

From Grainews: Ag groups push back against biotech wheat A bid by a number of Canadian, U.S. and Australian growers’ groups to help clear the regulatory road for gene-altered wheats has run up against equally opposed groups from the same … Continue reading →

Is biotech the best thing, or the worst thing, that’s ever happened to the environment? Check out this article from the Times, which points to biotech as a source of environmentally-friendly products: Industrial biotechnology sales soar The demand for plant-based … Continue reading →