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Examine, a free newsletter covering science, is sent every Tuesday. You’re reading an excerpt – sign up to get the whole newsletter in your inbox .

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