Welcome to GeneWatch UK

GeneWatch UK is a not-for-profit group that monitors developments in genetic technologies from a public interest, human rights, environmental protection and animal welfare perspective. GeneWatch believes people should have a voice in whether or how these technologies are used and campaigns for safeguards for people, animals and the environment. We work on all aspects of genetic technologies - from GM crops and foods to genetic testing of humans.

Topics

  • Genes and Marketing

    New reports from the Nuffield Council on Bioethics and 2020Health have questioned the reliability and usefulness of tests for genetic susceptibility to common diseases. Nuffield has called for greater regulatory oversight of gene tests sold online.

    In the journal Science, scientists have called for gene tests to be regulated following new findings that results can be misleading. See articles on Forbes and Bloomberg.

  • GM Crops and Food

    New proposals by the European Commission to speed up the authorisation of GM crops have been attacked by member states.

  • GM fish

    If approved for human consumption by the US FDA, genetically modified (GM) salmon could become the first GM animal approved for human consumption. There are major concerns about the impacts on wild salmon populations.

    Read the warning letter from Alaska legislators to the FDA.

  • Research Agendas and Patenting

    Read GeneWatch UK's report about science funding and the biotech economy

  • The UK Police National DNA Database

    If your DNA is on the database, visit the Reclaim your DNA website.

    Read the new GeneWatch UK briefing The DNA database: what next?.

  • GM Contamination Register

    An on-line database of incidents of GM contamination, illegal releases and adverse agricultural side-effects run by GeneWatch UK and Greenpeace.

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