Ethical issues raised by direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing
Congratulations! You are the lucky winner of a Stanford Hospital/Medical Center trifecta. You'll notice that my co-blogger-in-crime, Bradley Kreit, wrote the other day about the hospital's experimental drive-thu ER program, and I recently blogged about its new in-patient menu. Although Stanford is in our backyard, I promise you that has nothing to do with our sudden focus on news from there. Nonetheless, here is our third item in a row.
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When the real world starts to catch up with science fiction
Unlike some of my colleagues at the 'tute, I am not a big science fiction fan, which may explain why I was unfamiliar with the movie, Gattaca. It was brought to my attention during a discussion of probabilistic medicine, which is an idea based on knowing the probability of risk one bears for developing certain diseases.
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