Education - Teaching resource: the forensic use of bioinformation
The Council has developed a set of teaching resources based on its 2007 report 'The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues'.
There are three activities to teach students to think about how fingerprints and DNA profiles are used to investigate crime and the ethical issues that arise from the storage of bioinformation on national databases.
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Since this report was published, there have been a number of developments in this area of law. The information below applies to the time at which the report was published. For information about changes since 2007 please see:
Bioinformation - Introduction
In September 2007, the Nuffield Council on Bioethics published a report, The forensic use of bioinformation: ethical issues, which considers the ethical issues raised by the use of DNA and fingerprints in the criminal justice system.
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