BIOL 2301 Study Guide - Newborn Screening, Genetic Testing, A Generation
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Genetic testing: implications for the future of medicine. The technologies of modern day science are slowly changing the face of medicine. Genetic testing, screening and profiling of newborns will highlight new ethical and social issues and bring about significant changes in the practice of medicine. There are notable benefits and risks associated with any kind of genetic testing. It must be determined; however, whether or not the benefits of such testing outweigh the risks. This will be a pressing issue in medicine for years to come as technology progresses. Genetic testing, screening and profiling are three different modern technologies used as preemptive measures for finding and treating disease (5). As opposed to screening whose aim is to identify a group of people who are at risk for a certain disease, genetic testing is done on an individual to identify a certain gene variant (5).
