Discussions about ethics are important in many aspects of health care but are especially critical when the health care includes genetic testing. There are several aspects of genetic testing that ...

Yet, the principles of autonomy, informed consent, privacy/confidentiality, beneficence, nonmaleficence, and justice are basic to any discussion of the ethics involved in genetic testing.

The right to know and RbG studies With every year of genetic advances, predictive genetic testing moves closer to reality, triggering ethical conflicts, including the clash between the Hippocratic ...

Genetic testing is recommended for those with personal and family histories of several types of cancer — including pancreatic ...

The Lung Cancer Genetics Study, a collaboration between lung cancer advocacy organizations, aims to explore the genetics of lung cancer ...

Scientists at deCODE genetics/Amgen have constructed a complete map of how human DNA is mixed as it is passed down during ...

Researchers identified genes that could explain why some assisted reproductive technologies, like IVF, carry a higher risk of ...

Myriad Genetics (MYGN) reported preliminary results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2024, and provided full ...

The paper considers the social and ethical implications of individuals purchasing genetic tests and whether genetic information is different from other types of health information which individuals ...