US politicians voice fears over genetics firm with links to Ireland and China
(WorldNews Health)

Two senior US politicians have expressed national security concerns about a US-based company with links to China that owns the Irish business that wants to collect the DNA of 400,000 Irish citizens. US intelligence services have previously expressed fears about China´s access to US citizen´s genetic data for a range of reasons, including the potential use of the data in developing biological weapons. The inspector general of the US department of health and human services has been asked to consult with intelligence agencies and report back to Congress on the collection of US citizens´ DNA by WuXi Nextcode and other US-based companies with links to China. Genomics Medicine Ireland (GMI), an...