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Here is a link to an interesting take on this subject written by Dick Eastman of

It is 10 years since the human genome was first sequenced.  In that time the cost per person has fallen from $2.7bn to just $5,000.  Revealing our full DNA will revolutionise medicine - but it will

It is a paradox that bedevils genomic medicine: despite near-universal agreement that doctors and geneticists should exchange more data, there has been scant movement towards achieving this goal.  Now, a

The 1921 census of Canada was taken on June 1, 1921.  It has  been locked up ever since to protect individuals' private information.  The required time has now expired and Statisitics Canada

A sharply divided Supreme Court on Monday said police can routinely take DNA from people they arrest, equating a DNA