Genetic research has moved from Mendelian genetics to sequence maps to the study of
natural human genetic variation at the level of the genome. This past decade of discovery …

The clinical approach to patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) has been largely
modified by the identification of novel genes, the detection of gene mutations in apparently …

In biobanks, a broader model of consent is often used and justified by a range of different
strategies that make reference to the potential benefits brought by the research it will …

Since the mid‐1990s, the Israeli medical scene has witnessed a real boom in elective
prenatal testing for inherited diseases that has spread beyond risk groups to the general …

Hereditary cancers are relational diseases. A primary focus of research in the past has been
the biological relations that exist within the families and how genes are passed along family …

The American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG) recently issued a
statement (1) recommending that all laboratories conducting clinical sequencing seek and …

Psychologists, economists, historians, computer scientists, sociologists, philosophers, and
legal scholars explore the conscious choice not to seek information. The history of …

Patients attending genetic clinics are often the main gatekeepers of information for other
family members. There has been much debate about the circumstances under which …

Medical or health-oriented screening programs are amongst the most debated aspects of
health care and public health practices in health care and public health ethics, as well as …

This book is all about reproductive genetics, a sociological concept developed to define the
use of DNA-based technologies in the medical management and supervision of …