Opinion: A crackdown on firms selling gene tests direct to the consumer would come at a cost.

Who would have thought there could be serious ethical issues with induced pluripotent stem cells – or iPSC.

There’s an interesting symposium on the social implications of emerging technologies starting today, and yes cyborg rights is one keynote topic.

Lancet reports on what a whole genome sequence revealed – a lot but not much.

DNA from a stone age Greenlander has revealed his startling physical characteristics. How cool will this will be in criminal forensics, but then how will this influence evidence in court and what does it mean for privacy?

Experts discuss how advances in genetics will require a rethink about privacy. How do we protect it and would we forgo it over improved health?

Some of mankind’s most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.

NIB health insurance is offering its clients half price genetic testing. But there is some fine print with privacy and discrimination implications.

Genetic testing companies and the reliability of the genetic information have come under scrutiny, again. But the accessibility of these tests bring privacy implications, especially when such testing actually becomes accurate and provides meaningful info? Will we see genome hacking?

Want to know where you come from, even trace your ancestry all the way back to Africa? Uni of Melbourne, in partnership with National Geographic’s Genographic Project, will allow you to do just that, Sunday 4 October.