by Lynn Murray | Aug 12, 2016 | Media
Dozens of families who have children with Down’s syndrome have protested against the test, the Daily Mail has reported. Branding the test a form of eugenics, they said Down’s syndrome was not a disease that needed to be eradicated. Click here to read the full...
by Lynn Murray | May 5, 2016 | Media
The prime minister said ‘ethical issues’ must be taken into account Campaigners have applauded David Cameron’s statement that new screening techniques must be introduced in “the right way” to confront the “ethical issues” around testing the unborn for...
by Lynn Murray | May 4, 2016 | Press releases
Today UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, was questioned during Prime Minister’s Questions on the screening out of people with Down’s syndrome. Nigel Evans, the MP for Ribble Valley, asked a question about the proposed implementation cf DNA pre-natal testing...
by Lynn Murray | Jan 28, 2014 | Media
On Wednesday night the New England Journal of Medicine published a study showing that a new, DNA-sequencing based blood test provides a dramatic improvement in accuracy at screening for Down syndrome and a second, deadly disorder. That could open up a $6 billion...