Archive for the tag 'genetic non-discrimination'

Apr 24 2008

GINA Passes: A First Step Toward Protecting Genetic Information

Published by MattC under big questions, news

The Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) has made it through Congress, more than a decade after first being introduced as a means of protecting individuals from discrimination based on their genetic risk for disease.
Though we don’t believe the law is a panacea, it does lay the groundwork for a sensible approach to protecting people from [...]

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