Hannah Devlin

Science Correspondent for The Guardian. Get in touch: [email protected] or DM.

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

If people have the energy… I’m over there too now, say hi/follow etc https://t.co/ZNWFJnWgng

[David Curtis @davecurtis314]

@BBCWorld There was no hack. Some researchers had carelessly made the data available and then bad actors obtained it and tried to sell it. Full story by Hannah Devlin @hannahdev was published in the Guardian last month: https://t.co/gUpCoZQZdr

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

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... https://t.co/rQdEPtssTp

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

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

[Medical Journalists' Association @mjauk]

Confidential health records from UK BioBank project exposed online, reveals @hannahdev https://t.co/0ZwhEcYhDo

[Ash Paul @pash22]

Confidential health records from @uk_biobank project exposed online https://t.co/nm6qF0BLLV via @hannahdev et al

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@FakePsyho 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]

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

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

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@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.

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

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

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@ksuhre @teknix314 That’s fine - and others have different views. It’s a valid subject for public debate

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@ksuhre @teknix314 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.

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@smead2 @ProfRobHoward 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!

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@ksuhre @guardian @uk_biobank 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)

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@aylwyn_scally @marcus_baw @guardian 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

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@aylwyn_scally @marcus_baw @guardian 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.

[David Pegg @davidtpegg]

Very valuable perspectives from community organisations on the implications of attempts to rehabilitate scientific racism via ⁦@aamnamohdin⁩ https://t.co/RJfDlwgIIc

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

@aylwyn_scally @marcus_baw @guardian 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

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

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”?

[Shai Carmi @ShaiCarmi]

1) There's nothing illegal. PGT for any purpose is permitted in the USA, including for IQ.

I don't feel comfortable about the company using UK biobank data, but the UKB CEO confirmed it has been kosher.

[Ash Paul @pash22]

US startup #HeliospectGenomics charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’ https://t.co/pbXZt5L5do via @hannahdev et al @susan_bewley @ProfJoyceHarper

[Hannah Devlin @hannahdev]

REVEALED: US startup charging couples to ‘screen embryos for IQ’. Latest piece with ⁦@tomburgis⁩ ⁦@davidtpegg⁩ ⁦& @jason_a_w⁩ https://t.co/tOP7XCGT5w