Most British people think genetic information should be used for studying
disease and identifying criminals, but nearly three-quarters have no confidence
in current rules and regulations on its use. Britain鈥檚 Human Genetics Commission
released the poll when it began to draw up recommendations on the collection,
storage and use of genetic information, which it will present to the government
in autumn 2001. 鈥淯nless people pay more attention to public sentiment, there鈥檚 a
danger of things going badly wrong in terms of public trust,鈥 says Paul Martin
of the Genetics and Society Unit at Nottingham University.
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