"The Human Genetics Commission is right to ask these questions because commercial organisations get into these areas quite quickly without thinking through the implications, " Dr Prior said.

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With little fanfare two weeks ago, a key United Nations commission made a remarkable statement: it declared, unambiguously, that broadband access is a basic human right, right up there with the right to healthcare, shelter and food.

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