During an audience question-and-answer session, Weatherall was asked whether he thought insurance companies should have access to such genetic information.
"What's different about genetic info than [information about] our height, weight, or blood pressure, provided it's based on hard science?" he responded.
He also addressed audience questions about the role of the religious community in advising on genetic ethical issues, saying he believes theologians' advice is needed, but he has "a terrible trouble getting consensus."
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Religious texts are interpreted differently to support different arguments, Weatherall noted.