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Data protection (Brocher Foundation workshop)

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Jane Miller, University of Toulouse

The Brocher Foundation workshop on 鈥淒ata protection in an era of consumer-targeted genome sequencing鈥� discussed data protection and direct-to-consumer testing in relation to genome sequencing. The symposium brought together legal specialists in Data Protection and social science experts, aiming at informing discussions on all aspects of data protection and direct-to-consumer genetic testing: legal, ethical, and social.

  1. Direct to consumer genetic testing offered via the Internet has been available for over a decade. Initially most tests of this type were offered without the input of the consumer鈥檚 own health professional. Eth...

    Authors: Heather Skirton
    Citation: Life Sciences, Society and Policy 2015 11:4
    Content type: Research article Published on:

  2. In order to study the relationship between genes and diseases, the increasing availability and sharing of phenotypic and genotypic data have been promoted as an imperative within the scientific community. In p...

    Authors: Mahsa Shabani and Pascal Borry
    Citation: Life Sciences, Society and Policy 2015 11:3
    Content type: Research article Published on: