Genetic testing is likely to be used more and more in the future as genetic technologies develop and as medicine becomes increasingly preventative. But there are growing concerns that people could be discriminated against – by insurance providers, employers, healthcare professionals and others – on the basis of their genetic information or markers. But to date progress in the debate has been slow and an assessment of the need for appropriate policy and legislative responses has been hampered by a lack of evidence. To help address this issue, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the Human Genetics Commission - the UK Government's advisory body on new developments in human genetics - and the Wellcome Trust, invited a cross-disciplinary panel of experts from the fields of philosophy, law and the voluntary sector, to discuss the issues around genetic discrimination and to look for ways forward in this increasingly complex field. In this podcast, the speakers at the event give their views on this issue.

 A transcript of this podcast is also available (pdf 49kb)

Running time: 11 minutes. File size 15mb