BOSTON (SHNS) – In 2013, Robyn Biggs’s aunt tested positive for a genetic mutation that increased her risk of breast, ovarian, pancreatic and other cancers. Since her father had died of cancer, and ...
Genetic information may not be the first thing that comes to mind when employers think about workplace discrimination. However, federal law provides protections for employees based on their genetic ...
Imagine a couple undergoing in-vitro fertilization with the option to select embryos based on their predicted IQ scores. Embryo 1, 2, or 3? Which one will be smarter? According to a recent Wall Street ...
A University of Iowa legal scholar who’s an expert on genetic privacy says the thousands of Iowans who used the genetic testing company 23andMe may have dodged a bullet with its recent bankruptcy, but ...
Florida state Rep. Adam Anderson championed the Sunshine Genetics Act, the first state-backed genetic disease screening program in the nation. Anderson's son, Drew, died in 2019 from Tay-Sachs disease ...
Myriad Genetics, a genetics testing company, was hit with an employment discrimination lawsuit on Jan. 16 in Utah District Court. The action, brought by Reminger and Stavros Law on behalf of a former ...
World Athletics (WA) and World Boxing have recently reinstated genetic testing for all athletes competing in female categories in world-ranking competitions to determine biological sex. While framed ...
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