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Nature 450, 478 (22 November 2007) | doi:10.1038/450478c; Published online 21 November 2007

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Research in the wild

Ine Van Hoyweghen1 & Bart Penders1

  1. Department of Health, Ethics and Society, Maastricht University, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

In publishing 'His daughter's DNA (Nature 449, 773–776; 2007), Nature is contributing to an important trend of involving the public in human genetics investigations. Laypeople and advocacy groups are demanding a say in biomedical research by contributing towards its funding and coordination, and even to the development of therapies.

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