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			<title>Positive views on genetic testing for depression</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2011/#story_7014</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) performed a randomised survey of more than 1000 adults for their attitudes towards genetic testing for depression. This is a complex disorder involving multiple genetic and environmental factors and tests for genetic predisposition are unlikely ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Final regulations on US genetic non-discrimination law</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2010/#story_6620</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 30 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Health and Human Services is reportedly also preparing a similar clarification with respect to genetic information and health insurance.&amp;nbsp; ]]></description>
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			<title>US genetic discrimination complaint</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2010/#story_5414</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 07 May 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A woman has filed a complaint with the US Equal Opportunity Commission and Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities against her former employers, claiming genetic discrimination after losing her job following genetic testing. She was identified as a carrier of a mutation in the BRCA2 ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Privacy risks and data sharing in genomics</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2010/#story_5345</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ A recent paper argues that the mechanisms traditionally employed to protect the identity of participants in medical research are 'increasingly untenable in genomics' [Heeney C et al. (2010) Public Health Genomics; Epub ahead of print]. Existing methods have focused upon the data source: customary sa ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Australian private insurer offers half-price genome scan</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/02/2010/#story_5258</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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In a controversial move that has re-ignited debate about the possibility of unfair genetic discrimination, the Australian insurance company nib is offering half-price genome scans from the US direct-to-consumer company Navigenics (see New Scientist). The company uses whole genome profiling technol ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Report on UK National DNA database</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/12/2009/#story_4975</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The independent UK government advisory body the Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has released a new report on the controversial National DNA database. Nothing to hide, nothing to fear? calls for the police DNA database, the largest of its kind in the world, to be established in law through new primar ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US law to prevent genetic discrimination by employers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/11/2009/#story_4949</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The second part of the US Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has now been enacted (see information for researchers and health professionals); Title II, which prohibits genetic discrimination in employment, came into effect on November 21 2009; Title I, which relates to individual healt ... ]]></description>
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			<title>DNA testing to assess nationality of UK asylum seekers</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2009/#story_4855</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK Border Agency has reportedly launched a new Human Provenance pilot project intended to use genetic testing as an additional element to other forensic techniques used to determine the true nationalities of asylum seekers (see Observer news article). The project is initially testing samples pro ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Ban on direct-to-consumer genetic tests in Germany</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2009/#story_4562</link>
			<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Germany has passed a new law significantly limiting the use of genetic tests, according to recent reports in the media (see Deutsche Welle and Associated Press). &amp;nbsp;Under this new legislation, genetic tests can only be carried out by a licensed doctor following the patient&amp;rsquo;s consent, making ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act approved</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/05/2008/#story_4188</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has finally obtained congressional approval after several previous attempts failed on their way through the Senate and House of Representatives (see previous news).&amp;nbsp; The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the federal go ... ]]></description>
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			<title>On deafness, disability and embryo selection</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2008/#story_4073</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Amendments proposed last year in a review of the 1990 Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act contain a new provision in relation to fertility treatment that has offended members of the deaf community and raises important questions about government policies on embryo selection and serious disability. ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Ethical issues in the forensic use of bioinformation</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2007/#story_3769</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Nuffield Council on Bioethics last week released its most recent Report entitled The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues.&amp;nbsp;Following its public consultation on the subject last year (see previous news), the Council deals with the central questions of police powers in Britain to ob ... ]]></description>
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			<title>HGC advocates legal ban on 'genetic discrimination'</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2007/#story_3772</link>
			<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The UK&amp;rsquo;s Human Genetics Commission, which advises the Government on scientific advances in genetics, and in particular on their ethical, legal and social implications, has published its response to the Discrimination Law Review&amp;rsquo;s consultation on proposals for a Single Equality Bill for G ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Lone Senator blocks US Genetic Nondiscrimination Act</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2007/#story_3613</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 15 Aug 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Nature magazine reports that a single US Senator, Republican Tom Coburn, has blocked the Genetic Information Nondscrimination Act that is currently before the US Congress [Wadman M (2007) Nature 448(7154):631]. The Act proposes that there should be a ban on use of genetic information in connection w ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US moves closer to prohibiting genetic discrimination</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2007/#story_3295</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 30 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ On April 25th, the US House of Representatives passed the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 (GINA) &amp;nbsp;with a 420-3 majority in favour. The Senate has yet to approve the Act, but is likely to do so; there have been two previous attempts to introduce legislation to prevent genetic d ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Genetics and Insurance Committee publish their 5th Annual report</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/04/2007/#story_3290</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Genetics and Insurance Committee, the non-statutory advisory body with a remit to scrutinise how genetic tests are used and evaluated by the insurance industry, published their 5th annual report on 23rd April 2007. As the report acknowledged, &amp;lsquo;2006 has proven to be a relatively quiet year  ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US Congress tries again to propose genetic discrimination legislation</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2007/#story_3042</link>
			<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The US House of Representatives has introduced legislation aimed at protecting individuals against potential genetic discrimination in the areas of employment and the provision of health insurance. The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 (H.R. 493) was introduced in the House earlier t ... ]]></description>
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			<title>US Senator proposes legislation to support pharmacogenomics and personalised medicine</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/08/2006/#story_2613</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Barack Obama, a Democratic senator from Illinois, has introduced a bill entitled, ‘Genomics and Personalized Medicine Act of 2006’ (see press release). According to Sen. Obama, this bill “…will help scientists tap the power of genomics to find treatments for diseases that afflict millions of Am ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Home Office reports on increase in crime detection using DNA</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/01/2006/#story_2246</link>
			<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ The Home Office has announced the release of its report on the achievements of the DNA Expansion Programme. The Programme was launched in April 2000 using Government funding to increase the number of profiles in the National DNA Database (NDNAD). The original target was to have a profile on file for ... ]]></description>
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			<title>Call for restrictions on workplace genetic testing in Germany</title>
			<link>http://www.phgfoundation.org/news/month/09/2005/#story_1949</link>
			<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2005 00:00:00 +0100</pubDate>
			<description><![CDATA[ Debate over the genetic testing of employees continues in Germany with the release of recommendations by the German National Ethics Council, a government advisory committee, proposing that a new law be created to protect employees from genetic discrimination (see BMJ news report). Obligatory genetic ... ]]></description>
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