Dr. Helen Wallace is Director of GeneWatch UK, www.genewatch.org, a not-for-profit organization which aims to ensure that genetic technologies are used in the public interest. She talks about her life, career, and experience of family caregiving. She explains GeneWatch’s work and its value for families and family caregivers. She highlights the potential for misuse or abuse of genetic information collected by hospitals, commercial organizations and for or by police and criminal justice systems. She discusses protections needed to safeguard people, their genetic relatives and their descendants a
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