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View Post: Genetic Testing to Predict Disease: Ethical, Legal, and Social ...
6 Dec 2007 by Linda MacDonald Glenn  
Another article on our site (mentioned in the footnotes) covers the ethics of genetic testing, including privacy, discrimination, as well as asserting that genetic testing has really become a kind of business commodity. .... The new genetics: genetic testing and public policy. Br. Med. J. 316: 852–856. (); » Holtzman, N. A., and M. S. Watson, eds. 1998. Promoting safe and effective genetic testing in the United States: final report of the task force on genetic testing. ...
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View Post: GeneGenie#15
Carnival Release « www.cancer-genetics.com
8 Sep 2007 by ramunas   ...
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View Post: The Spittoon » It's Official: Bush signs GINA
21 May 2008 by MattC  
The legislation, which passed Congress last month after languishing for more than a decade, will make it illegal for employers or health insurers to discriminate on the basis of genetics. Genetic information will still be fair game in life ... So it remains to be seen how much of an effect GINA will have, especially when you consider that most states already have laws in place prohibiting genetic discrimination. White House photo by Eric Draper. One response so far ...
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View Post: us military practices genetic discrimination
18 Aug 2007 by Aidenag  
for more than 20 years, the armed forces have held a policy that specifically denies disability benefits to servicemen and women with congenital or hereditary conditions. channel: news tags: us military genetics genetic discrimination ...
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View Post: The Mermaid's Tale: Appropriate vs. intrusive genetics I. Natural ...
11 Apr 2009 by Anne Buchanan  
If, regardless of intent, there is reasonable potential for claims of findings to lead to discrimination, then it is reasonable to suggest that this kind of work should not be done. There are, after all, all sorts of research that IRBs ... In future posts we will discuss how these issues apply directly to forensic genetics, genetic ancestry estimation, and phenotype prediction (of disease, or of what a face looks like, etc.). Posted by Anne Buchanan at 2:27 PM ...
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View Post: I wish I wrote this « BIOpinionated
8 Oct 2009 by sciphu  
We believe that this position, although well-intentioned, is illogical and even dangerous, as it implies that if significant group diversity were established, discrimination might thereby be justified. We reject this position. ...
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View Post: Go Local Texas Gulf Coast: Free Class: ABCs of DNA
9 Jan 2009 by Go Local Texas Gulf Coast  
As part of our Darwin 2009 Houston Celebration, the Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library will be hosting a class on genetics, genetic counseling and the Human Genome Project. ABCs of DNA: Unraveling the Mystery of Genetics ... Ethical and legal issues associated with genetic disorders will be covered with regard to privacy, discrimination, and potential legislative impact on medicine and society. A variety of reliable health information resources will ...
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View Post: DNA: Definition from Answers.com
20 Feb 2009
This development offers hope for preventive medicine, even as it raises the specter of genetic discrimination and renewed attempts to engineer a eugenic master race. In the beginning of the twenty-first century, more scientists began to ...
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View Post: The Bronze Blog: Gabe's Theory Thread
1 Oct 2009 by Bronze Dog  
Census data might be useful, and if you're saying anything about genetics, genetic data from the relevant populations as well as some "white" people. An alternative is to take a random sample of people of various races being raised in very similar (as close as we can get ...... PROBLEM, if he fires him the niggers sues the company for 'discrimination' and it does not matter that he lied and is an incompetent moron, no no, we need to PROTECT the worker, not the business. ...
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View Post: the dna network
17 Sep 2008 by Jones  
this play has nothing to do with healthcare and everything to do with discrimination…..think a fico score is a big deal imagine your banker knowing you are predisposed to heart attacks when you try to take out that mortgage… ...
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