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The Coalition for Genetic Fairness [18] presents some arguments for genetic nondiscrimination. As of 2007, their argument makes the claim that because all humans have genetic anomalies, this would prevent them from accessing medication and health insurance. The coalition also cites the potential for misuse of genetic information.
Genetic testing is often done as part of a genetic consultation and as of mid-2008 there were more than 1,200 clinically applicable genetic tests available. [23] Once a person decides to proceed with genetic testing, a medical geneticist, genetic counselor, primary care doctor, or specialist can order the test after obtaining informed consent .
Genetic testing is the analysis of human genes, proteins, and certain metabolites, in order to detect inherited disease-related propensities. These tests can predict the risk of disease in adults, as well as establish prenatal and infant prognoses. [1] The benefits can be substantial, but so can the risks.
Bipartisan bills introduced in Congress Thursday would effectively ban a Chinese genomics firm from doing business in America. Intel officials have warned China is grabbing U.S. genetic info.
Opinion: Better Business Bureau shares examples of the millions of dollars collected illicitly by genetic testing fraudsters and offers consumer tips.
The shortage of knowledge about and awareness of direct-to-consumer genetic testing is one of the contributors to the previously limited purchasing of this kind of service. [22] As technology has progressed, genetic testing has become a more wide scale practice, potentially affecting the privacy of consumers as a result. [23]
The global search for a genetic basis for breast and ovarian cancer began in earnest in 1988. In 1990, at a meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics, a team of scientists led by Mary-Claire King, from the University of California, Berkeley announced the localization through linkage analysis of a gene associated with increased risk for breast cancer to the long arm of chromosome 17. [6]
Not in Our Genes received positive reviews from the columnist Gene Lyons in Newsweek and the paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould in The New York Review of Books, [4] [5] a mixed review from the philosopher Philip Kitcher in The New York Times Book Review, [6] and negative reviews from the anthropologist Melvin Konner in Natural History and the biologist Patrick Bateson and the ethologist Richard ...