Secure solutions that safeguard privacy in health surveys are required by law and are crucial for the confidence of participants and the general public. An important, enlightened debate weakens when old and erroneous claims about the Nord-Trøndelag Health Survey and the Norwegian Mother and Child Survey are reproduced.
Will we in the future be sorted based on our genes? Gene research can provide new treatment methods for serious diseases, but to get there, our genomes need to be mapped.