DNA Bioscience
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DNA Bioscience is a DNA
testing company offering a DNA paternity testing service in the UK.
The company gained much press in 2005 when UK politician David Blunkett
bought shares in the company, shortly after which he became Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
. He failed to declare his interest in the company, which ultimately led to his resignation from the Cabinet
in November 2005.
The company went into liquidation on the 8th December 2005 and was bought by an American based DNA testing laboratory.
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid is a nucleic acid that contains the genetic instructions used in the development and functioning of all known living organisms . The DNA segments that carry this genetic information are called genes, but other DNA sequences have structural purposes, or are involved in...
testing company offering a DNA paternity testing service in the UK.
The company gained much press in 2005 when UK politician David Blunkett
David Blunkett
David Blunkett is a British Labour Party politician and the Member of Parliament for Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough, having represented Sheffield Brightside from 1987 to 2010...
bought shares in the company, shortly after which he became Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
Secretary of State for Work and Pensions
The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions is a post in the British Cabinet, responsible for the Department for Work and Pensions. It was created on 8 June 2001 by the merger of the Employment part of the Department for Education and Employment and the Department of Social Security.The Ministry...
. He failed to declare his interest in the company, which ultimately led to his resignation from the Cabinet
Cabinet of the United Kingdom
The Cabinet of the United Kingdom is the collective decision-making body of Her Majesty's Government in the United Kingdom, composed of the Prime Minister and some 22 Cabinet Ministers, the most senior of the government ministers....
in November 2005.
The company went into liquidation on the 8th December 2005 and was bought by an American based DNA testing laboratory.
External links
- Company website
- DNA company that Blunkett backed heads for collapse, The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
, 9 December 2005 - Blunkett could lose £15,000 as DNA company faces insolvency, Daily Telegraph, 10 December 2005
- Debts force Blunkett DNA test company to halt trading, The TimesThe TimesThe Times is a British daily national newspaper, first published in London in 1785 under the title The Daily Universal Register . The Times and its sister paper The Sunday Times are published by Times Newspapers Limited, a subsidiary since 1981 of News International...
, 12 December 2005