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Banning genetic discrimination

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US close to a law preventing discrimination based on genes.

The US Senate has voted unanimously to outlaw genetic discrimination.

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Wadman, M. Banning genetic discrimination. Nature (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/news.2008.780

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