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Health Secretary wants NHS to roll out genetic tests

20 March 2019

Honorary Professor David Curtis (UCL Genetics, Evolution & Environment) criticises a call by the Health Secretary Matt Hancock to roll out genetic tests to detect diseases, saying such tests are racially biased, cause unnecessary worry and place additional demands on the NHS.

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