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| Police DNA databases under debate | Police DNA databases under debate |
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| The Human Genetics Commission (HGC) has been hosting a national debate in Edinburgh on the practice of holding DNA on police databases. | |
| At present, volunteers who give DNA samples in Scotland can have them removed from the database if they wish. | At present, volunteers who give DNA samples in Scotland can have them removed from the database if they wish. |
| There is a proposal for them to lose that right, bringing Scotland into line with England and Wales. | There is a proposal for them to lose that right, bringing Scotland into line with England and Wales. |
| Tuesday's conference discussed proposals to create human/animal hybrids for research purposes. | |
| Paternity tests | Paternity tests |
| The commission has been strongly against a proposed government ban. | The commission has been strongly against a proposed government ban. |
| The HGC - the UK body which advises Westminster and the Scottish and Welsh governments on developments in human genetics and their implications - heard from a number of speakers. | |
| They include members of the Economic and Social Research Council's Genomics Policy and Research Forum and Generation Scotland. | They include members of the Economic and Social Research Council's Genomics Policy and Research Forum and Generation Scotland. |
| The event, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy, is being held at the Holyrood Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. | The event, chaired by Baroness Helena Kennedy, is being held at the Holyrood Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. |