KINESIOL 2G03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 20: Point Mutation, Huntingtin, Newborn Screening
15 Sep 2016
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Drug therapies promise to improve drug effectiveness and reduce side effects. Idea of personalized medicine is attractive to most people. The genetic revolution has advanced our understanding of disease etiology. Sequencing of human genome we have the blueprint about the dna sequence. Genetic information will revolutionize health care by exposing your risk. What if it gets into the wrong hands genetic discrimination. Terri had a respiratory disease that killed her brother. Terri"s genetic test revealed that she might die from a respiratory disease. She was fired and lost her health insurance. Genetic testing: would you want to know: are you ready to know your personal genetic information, good intentions gone wrong: the dangers of screening without enough scientific evidence. Korean children often keep their parents health information a secret. Don"t tell their parents about their own bad conditions so they don"t worry them. Don"t want them to excessively worry about dying.
