Stanford School of Medicine
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Biomedical Ethics–

SCBE In The News

March 2008:

3.2.08
 In this letter to the editor, Hank Greely, with the Stanford Center for Biomedical Ethics, responds to an article on insurance and DNA tests.
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link (original article)

3.11.08
 The federal government is exploring the possibility of a half-million Americans to contribute their DNA and health information to an ambitious national "biobank." Hank Greely provides comment in this article (registration required). This also appears in the Detroit Free Press.

3.20.08
 Nevada Public Radio's "State of Nevada" show discusses a local outbreak of hepatitis C connected to an endoscopy center. Clarence Braddock of SCBE and Jeff Burbank look at how greed may have played into doctors' decisions not to follow safe medical practices.

3.24.08
Hank Greely is quoted in this Associated Press article about a UCSD psychiatric geneticist selling bipolar genetic tests online.

3.25.08
A Philadelphia-based company is planning to sell Alzheimer's genetic tests over the internet. Hank Greely is quoted in this article.

3.26.08
 Mildred Cho provides comment in this article about the social networking service 23andMe offers so customers can compare their DNA.

 

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