DNA for sale? The untold story of Greece’s newborn screening scandal
A secret project for large-scale genomic screening of Greek newborns granted “exclusive ownership” of the DNA research results to two companies. The plan by Health minister Adonis Georgiadis was exposed in April by Reporters United and the newspaper Efimerida ton Syntakton. The ensuing controversy sparked a wide-reaching civil society campaign that resulted in the collapse of the agreement within 49 days.