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Opportunity Knocks: The Pathologist as Laboratory Genetics Consultant
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GENETICS AND MEDICINE
To paraphrase comments used by Francis Collins, MD, PhD, Director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, to challenge audiences in the 1990s, ''Everything in medicine is genetic-or influenced by genetics-with the possible exception of trauma; and given disorders like osteogenesis imperfecta, I'm not entirely sure about that.''1,2 Advances elucidating the role of genetic factors in human disease and behavior, accelerated by the availability of the human g...
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IMPLICATIONS OF GENETIC TESTING:WILLIAM RAUB
Congressional Testimony
; 00-00-0000 Statement of William F. Raub, Ph.D. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Science Policy Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services for the hearing Genetics Testing in the New Millennium: Advances, Standards and Implications
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GENETIC TESTING: ADDRESSING THE BENEFITS AND CHALLENGES
Regulatory Intelligence Data
; ... tailored medical treatments. Discovery of Genes for Breast Cancer Breast cancer research has expanded rapidly at NIH. Promising news first came in 1994 when a team of investigators at the University of Utah, Myriad Genetics and the National Institute of Environmental ...
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Gene pool: as new genetic tests make their way to market, some managed-care plans are adding them to their lists of covered benefits.(Health/Employee Benefits)
Best's Review
; Key Points * Availability of new genetic tests is increasing about 10% annually. * While the tests are expensive, they offer the potential for cost savings by determining appropriate treatments and decreasing complications and hospitalization stays. * The key component for insurance coverage is
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Federal neglect: regulation of genetic testing; Government needs to ensure that genetic tests provide useful medical information and that the test results are reliable.(Cover story)
Issues in Science and Technology
; U.S. consumers generally take for granted that the government assesses the safety and effectiveness of drugs and other medical products before they are made available commercially. But for genetic tests, this generally is not the case. At the same time, the number and type of genetic tests continue
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PRENATAL GENETIC TESTING TECHNOLOGY:DR. KATHY HUDSON
Congressional Testimony
; Congressional Testimony 11-17-2004 Statement of Dr. Kathy Hudson Director, Associate Professor, Genetic and Public Policy Center Committee on Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Subcommittee on Science, Technology and Space November 17, 2004 Mr. Chairman and members of the Subcommittee,
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Errors in Genetic Tests
The Washington Post
; A newborn is tested for sickle cell anemia at a New York City hospital. Her mother, a physician, is told the baby carries the sickle cell gene but does not have the disease, an inherited disorder of red blood cells that can cause chronic illness and death. A year later, the baby is retested. This
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Fed: Genetic testing for life insurance on hold for two years
AAP General News (Australia)
; AAP General News (Australia) 11-22-2000 Fed: Genetic testing for life insurance on hold for two years By Stephen Spencer CANBERRA, Nov 22 AAP ...
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Insurance refused; Genetic tests may reveal predispositions
The Press
; Healthy people who choose to take a genetic test may be unfairly refused life insurance, experts say. Canterbury genetic testing researchers say a ban may be required to stop "genetic discrimination" after an Australian study identified several people denied life insurance because they took genetic
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Wearing your genes to work Aptitude tests are an accepted part of the employment process but what about genetic tests?
Evening Standard - London
; THE issue of genetic testing in recruitment poses some very tough questions because while the information held within our genes is the most unique, personal information we can offer, the uses to which this information can be put encompasses highly sensitive issues. While there is little evidence
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Consumer Perspectives on Genetic Testing: Implications for Building Family-Centered Public Policies.
Families, Systems & Health
; ... experience and while most of the time couples are given good news, about one in four times a couple is informed that the ... information that was important. We knew we could hear bad news, but we wanted and hoped to hear good news and to sigh that sigh of relief when you've dodged a bullet ... with our lives ...
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