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Bioinformation
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  • Introduction
  • What is bioinformation?
  • Interpretation of bioinformation
  • Ethical values and human rights
  • Criminal investigation
  • Bioinformation in court
  • Expanding uses of the National DNA Database
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Chapter downloads

You can download the individual chapters of this report using the links below. (All files are PDFs and less than 450 KB).

Since this report was published, there have been a number of developments in this area of law. The information below applies to the time at which the report was published. For information about changes since 2007 please see:

The forensic use of bioinformation - 2010 update (PDF 31 KB)

 

Chapter 1 - Introduction to bioinformation (92KB)

Chapter 2 - The interpretation of bioinformation (182KB)

Chapter 3 - Ethical values and human rights (92KB)

Chapter 4 - Criminal investigation (153KB)

Chapter 5 - Trial (90KB)

Chapter 6 - Familial searching, inferring ethnicity & research uses (97KB)

Chapter 7 - Governance and ethical oversight (431KB)

 

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See also

  • Donor conception
  • Supreme Court decision finds indefinite DNA retention unlawful
  • Proposed DNA Database changes in line with Council report
  • Human tissue - Key findings
  • Education - Teaching resource: the forensic use of bioinformation
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