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The Geneticist’s Guide to Telling Parents About Their Kids’ Genes
The ability to sequence a full genome cheaply poses some ethical concerns.
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Points to Consider: Ethical, Legal, and Psychosocial Implications of Genetic Testing in Children and Adolescents [Abstract]
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ASHG Position Statement Provides Guidance for Genetic Testing in Children and Adolescents
In a position statement on genetic testing in children and adolescents published today, the American Society of Human Genetics pointed to a variety of ethical and other issues arising from such testing, both in clinical and research contexts, and made a number of recommendations... -
The complications of genetic testing in kids
A woman coping with the burden of familial breast cancer can't help but wonder if her young daughter will suffer the same fate...
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Thank you for sharing and providing the supplemental links. I admit to joking about my children inheriting some of my worst qualities (physical or behavioral) whenever they exhibit aspects of them, but this pales in comparison to the seriousness that the article brings up.