A Recent, unprecedented decision by a committee set up by the British government to allow life insurers access to the results of consumers' genetic tests heralds a new era for the industry (see page 93). Insurers are to have access to the results of a genetic test for Huntington's disease, a horror that invariably condemns its victims to an early death. Other countries argue, for the moment, that genetic information should remain private. But Britain has done the right thing—by insurers—and access to the results of more tests will undoubtedly follow. Now the government needs to decide how to deal with the unlucky owners of harmful genes.
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