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The pros and cons of storing babies’ DNA

Compiling and storing the DNA of newborns could be a massive boon for public health. But the ethical questions are just as big.

With prenatal genetic screening now routine, it’s relevant to ask whether prospective parents or scientists understand enough about the results.

Collecting DNA data is not much help without the key to understanding what it all means. And that key is centralised health records.

Unless people are brought into conversations about genetic discrimination dystopian scenarios may come to pass.