The Latest Breaking News from BGI

Greenpeace and Uplift say Rosebank and Jackdaw licences were granted unlawfully by former Tory government

A San Jose-based biotechnology company that helps doctors detect genetic causes for cancer is among those that could be cut out of the U.S. market over ties to China

George Freeman claimed the BGI Group was a “danger point” in science and technology

BGI Group, which is said to have made multiple attempts to hack into Genomics England, was given £11m testing contract in 2021

BGI Group, one of the world’s biggest genetics analysis companies, has said it never would be involved in human rights abuses after the U.S. government said there was a danger some of its units might contribute to Chinese surveillance

China has accused Washington of improperly attacking Chinese companies after genetics analysis giant BGI Group and 17 others were hit with curbs on access to U.S. technology on security or human rights grounds

A student campaign group has raised concerns over patient privacy after it found previous and existing ties between UK universities and Chinese state-linked companies which the US National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence warned may be serving as a “global collection mechanism for Chinese government genetic databases.”