If people have the energy… I’m over there too now, say hi/follow etc threads.net/@hannahdevlinjou…

For anyone following UK Biobank story, here's our investigation from last month revealing dozens of breaches, which now raises questions about whether more could have been done sooner... theguardian.com/science/2026…

i'm interested in this - if you have a moment, please get in touch: [email protected]

Hello, i'm a journalist at the Guardian and would like to speak to you about the coding competition. Please could you DM me or email at [email protected]

@JoeMMulhern Hi Joe, I'd like to get in touch for a Guardian article - would you mind following so i can message you

@BAC_Chair Hi Mike, I wondered if you might be able to follow me as I'd like to contact you for a Guardian article.

@M_H_Taylor would you mind following so that I can send you a message about an article for the Guardian?

That’s fine - and others have different views. It’s a valid subject for public debate

To clarify, there’s no dispute that this company has used authorised UK Biobank access to develop its polygenic embryo screening service. UK Biobank has said this isn’t a breach of its access terms. Not sure if that’s what you’re questioning though.

Not sure it’s tall enough to be a parasol. If it’s parasol-like but quite small it could be poisonous so don’t eat unless confident!

Do you not think there’s an ethical issue around volunteers’ expectations of what their data might be used for? (Given this was authorised access)

Of course, these activists trade on the illusion of science rather than any credible scientific evidence. But volunteers can still have an expectation that their data is not used to further these malign political objectives - even if this "research" is nonsense

The article is written for the general reader, for whom this level of detail would probably be excessive. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t considered.

This is not true. We shared transcripts of technical discussions with two very senior scientists, who have extensive experience of UKB data, as well as two data experts. They concluded the most natural interpretation was that individual level data was being discussed

Interested in what others make of the authorised use of UK Biobank data to build an embryo screening tool for cognitive abilities and other polygenic traits. Is this “health related research in the public interest”?

REVEALED: US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’. Latest piece with ⁦@tomburgis⁩ ⁦@davidtpegg⁩ ⁦& @jason_a_w⁩ theguardian.com/science/2024…