Genetic Testing
Genetic testing involves examining a person's DNA in order to find changes or mutations that might put an individual, or that individual's children, at risk for a genetic...
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Genetic Testing: Ethical Issues
Genetic testing is the name given to a variety of laboratory techniques, all of which ultimately provide information about a person's underlying genetic makeup, ...
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Should people have the right to know if their child is going to be born with a birth defect? This is the question coming up when genetic screening is discussed today. With genetic screening technolo...
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The goal of genetic screening is to provide information for parents who have a high risk of having a child with a disability. These parents make decisions on issues, which include the management of ge...
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PRE-IMPLANTATION GENETIC DIAGNOSIS
(GENETIC SCREENING)
Pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), is a newer technology that has brought a great deal of conflict along with it. PGD involves the art...
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Genetic testing involves examining a person's DNA taken from cells in a sample of blood or, occasionally, from other body fluids or tissues for some abnormality that flags a disease or disorder. In th...
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