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What happens when evidence alone isn’t enough?
That was the problem faced by public health researcher Dr Jane Tiller a decade ago when she realised DNA screening could be catching and preventing thousands of cancers and early heart attacks each year.
There was a major barrier in the way, however – people were scared that life insurers would weaponise their results to…
Read the full article at SMH.COM.AU
