genetic information

The National Institutes of Health quietly blocked public access to databases of patient DNA profiles after learning of a study that found the genetic information may not be as anonymous as previously believed, the Los Angeles Times has learned.

The House voted Thursday to give final approval to a landmark bill that would bar discrimination in health insurance and employment on the basis of a person's genetic information.

The bill has been 13 years in the making; President Bush is expected to sign it.

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AP - Companies could not use genetic information to make employment or insurance decisions under legislation approved almost unanimously by Congress and headed to the White House.