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Genetic testing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Genetic testing (also called DNA -based tests) is among the newest and most sophisticated of techniques used to test for genetic disorders which involves direct ...

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Library > Literature & Language > Dictionary n. The process of analyzing DNA samples to detect the presence of a gene or genes associated with an inherited disorder.

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What is newborn genetic screening? Newborn genetic screening is a health program that identifies treatable genetic disorders in newborn infants.

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New book ponders ethical issues of genetic testing
PhysOrg.com
Should she have an abortion if prenatal testing showed the fetus had the mutation, or should she not have biological children at all? Another patient with breast cancer who just learned that she has a genetic mutation associated with the disease asked ...

USA TODAY

Tests doctors advise for all pregnant women suddenly an abortion issue in ...
Washington Post
Republican candidate Rick Santorum is making free screenings for birth defects part of his attack on President Barack Obama's health care law. Santorum, who has a young daughter with a serious genetic disorder, said rules requiring insurers to cover ...
Santorum makes prenatal testing a campaign issueSan Francisco Chronicle

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Slate Magazine

Prenatal Testing and Eugenics
The League of Ordinary Gentlemen
by Rose Woodhouse on February 22, 2012 Slate recently reprinted an article by Tucker Carlson that argues that prenatal testing for genetic disorders amounts to a form of eugenics. The article is generally excellent. As a philosopher, I sometimes teach ...
Eugenics, American StyleSlate Magazine

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Doctors Revive the Simplest Genetic Test
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Christopher Weaver All the hype around genetic testing has doctors worried they've overlooked the most basic — and for now, the most effective — genomic tool at their disposal: A few questions about their patients' families.

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Cancer find raises patent issue
The Australian
In a twist, the discovery - obtained by genetic screening of 125 Finnish families with breast and ovarian cancer - comes as, on Monday, Australia's first gene patent test case began in the Federal Court in Sydney. In that case, advocacy group Cancer ...
New Breast Cancer Gene FoundLiveScience.com

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OGT Licenses 12 Colorectal Cancer DNA Methylation Biomarkers from Oslo University
Genetic Engineering News
“The higher specificity of this new panel of markers could provide a more robust screening tool than the tests currently used, while eventually lowering overall costs.” The firm is specialized in developing clinical genetics and molecular diagnostic ...
OGT Signs Licensing Deal for Colorectal Cancer BiomarkersMarketWatch (press release)
OGT Signs Deal for Commercialization of Colorectal Cancer Biomarker TestSelectScience.net (press release)

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Santorum makes prenatal testing a campaign issue
Aiken Standard
Federal health officials and doctors recommend that all pregnant women be offered blood tests and an ultrasound exam that assess the risk of having a baby with a birth defect or genetic disorder, including Down syndrome. If a screening test raises ...

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Noninvasive method accurately and efficiently detects risk of Down syndrome ...
Science Daily (press release)
The new approach is more scalable than other recently developed genetic screening tests and has the potential to reduce unnecessary amniocentesis or CVS. Two studies evaluating this approach are available online in advance of publication in the April ...

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New Straits Times

Colorectal cancer screening essential
St. George Daily Spectrum
In the past, a very complex family history of colon and other cancers was required before insurance companies would pay for genetic testing to confirm Lynch, but researchers and physicians like Arch at Intermountain and those at a handful of other ...
HOUSE CALL: March is colorectal cancer awareness monthSan Angelo Standard Times
Doctor Harry Barry: Colon cancerEnniscorthy Guardian

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Scientific American

Mountain Maladies: Genetic Screening Susses Out Susceptibility to Altitude ...
Scientific American
Now, scientists are working on genetic tests for altitude sickness susceptibility. (Pictured: Mt. Kenya in Africa) Image: Chris 73, Wikimedia Commons On his 27th birthday, David Hillebrandt and his wife Sally began to climb Mount Kenya, ...

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