15/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - The Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe adopted on Wednesday 7 May, a new additional protocol to the Convention on Human rights and Biomedicine in the context of genetic tests and medical goals. This new protocol defines the principles relating to the quality of genetic services, information and preliminary consent and advice on genetics. It establishes general rules for carrying out genetic tests and therefore, for the first time, tackles the...