GINA: The Coming Law on Your Genetic Secrets

Lots of excitement this week on GINA, the Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act. On the whole, I think this is a good step, and a good thing to get out ahead of what I believe will be a wholesale shift in our approach to health. But I don’t want to repeat what’s been said elsewhere, so I’ll link to the good and thorough GINA Primer over at The Genetic Geneologist.

Published by: tgoetz on May 1st, 2007 | Filed under Genome, Law

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