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A DNA Database in the NHS: The End of Privacy?by Helen Wallace, Public Service EuropeDecember 12th, 2012Governments, police, journalists, employers, insurers and even nosy neighbours would inevitably get access to personal information about medical conditions and non-paternity if a DNA database is built in the National Health Service.

Plans for NHS Database of Patients' DNA Angers Privacy Campaignersby Jamie Doward, The Guardian (UK)December 8th, 2012"This Big Brother project will allow every individual and their relatives to be identified and tracked."

The Jury is Out on Nationwide DNA Databaseby Peter Stanners, The Copenhagen PostDecember 1st, 2012Questions remain about whether a nationwide DNA database would help solve more crimes or simply be an ineffective drain on police resources.

DNA Forensics Update by Pete Shanks, Biopolitical TimesNovember 28th, 2012The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to consider a potentially significant case about police collection of DNA from suspects rather than criminals; and forensic DNA databases round the world continue to proliferate.

The Million Veteran Program: Building VA’s Mega-Database for Genomic Medicineby Joel Kupersmith and Timothy O'Leary, Health AffairsNovember 19th, 2012A mega-database of genomic and clinical information about veterans that launched last year now includes 40 Department of Veterans Affairs' medical centers.

Should We Screen Kids’ Brains and Genes To ID Future Criminals?by Gary Marchant, SlateOctober 17th, 2012Intervention might help save troubled kids. But the label could doom them.

DNA Analysis: Far From an Open-and-Shut CaseForensic evidence is widely considered to be the result of purely objective lab tests, but there's growing proof that psychological bias plays a partby Vaughan Bell, Guardian [UK]October 13th, 2012DNA forensics can become less a case of "matching barcodes" than one of deciding whether any one of the numerous and disjointed "barcode fragments" seem to fit the original.

Citing Privacy Concerns, U.S. Panel Urges End to Secret DNA Testingby Sharon Begley, ReutersOctober 11th, 2012In response to companies that offer genome sequencing from such discarded items as cigarette butts, the President's bioethics commission stresses privacy concerns and suggests a ban on "surreptitious commercial testing."

Man accused of rape was innocent victim of DNA sample mistakeby Wesley Johnson, The Independent [UK]October 1st, 2012The contamination was the result of human error, and the procedures themselves were not adequate. Many laboratories fall short of accepted standards.

Proposed DNA Database Greatly Expands Scope of Surveillanceby Jacob P. Koshy, Live MintOctober 1st, 2012In India, a draft bill proposes to expand the reasons for which people's DNA can be collected and stored indefinitely by the state.

Thousands of ex-offenders targeted in drive to add to DNA databaseby Sandra Laville, The GuardianSeptember 27th, 2012The profiles of thousands of innocent people who have been arrested but not convicted of any crimes remain in the UK's police DNA database.

Federal Judges Reconsider Police Collection of DNAby Emily Stehr, Biopolitical TimesSeptember 20th, 2012A federal court of appeals will decide the fate of a California law requiring that police take DNA samples of anyone arrested on suspicion of committing a felony.

California and the Fourth Amendment[Editorial]The New York TimesSeptember 18th, 2012The New York Times editorializes on California's law requiring police to take DNA samples from people arrested but not yet convicted of felonies: "It is unconstitutional."

Federal Appeals Court to Hear Challenge to California DNA Collection Lawby Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury NewsSeptember 16th, 2012The American Civil Liberties Union is challenging a California law that permits DNA collection from felony arrestees.

Science, Standards and Forensics: Part III by Brandon L. Garrett, Huffington PostSeptember 9th, 2012If we are going to use forensics to put people in prison for years, Congress should pass legislation to make forensics far more of a science.

Where Is the Path Forward for Forensics? Part II by Brandon L. Garrett, Huffington PostSeptember 7th, 2012Problems abound with DNA forensics and have led to numerous wrongful convictions, but so far, scientific recommendations have been ignored by Congress. What is the path forward?

Forensics on the Hill: Part I by Brandon L. Garrett, Huffington PostSeptember 5th, 2012Donald Eugene Gates' fate was sealed by two stray hairs and he spent nearly three decades in prison, before his innocence was finally proven. How often is DNA forensics wrong?

South Carolina to Collect DNA After Every Felony Arrestby Seanna Adcox, Associated PressSeptember 1st, 2012South Carolina’s law enforcement agency will soon collect DNA samples from people when they’re arrested for a felony – rather than post-conviction.

DNA Test Jailed Innocent Man for Murderby Hannah Barnes, BBC NewsAugust 31st, 2012Scientists, lawyers and politicians have raised concerns over the quality of forensic evidence testing - is the criminal justice system too reliant on lab tests without seeing their limitations?

Forensic Test Can Predict Hair and Eye Colour From DNAby Paul Rincon, BBC NewsAugust 24th, 2012Scientists have developed a forensic test that can predict both the hair and eye colour of a possible suspect using DNA left at a crime scene.

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