OECD Workshop on Genetic Testing
Vienna 2000. Special Issue: "Community Genetics" 2000, Vol. 3, No 4. Special Topic Issue: Community Genetics 2000, Vol. 3, No. 4
Published on 4. May 2001
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Paperback/Softback
72 pages
978-3-8055-7221-7 (ISBN)
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Genetic tests are being developed at an impressive rate and a significant number have already reached the market. Substantial involvement of the private sector has led to unprecedented growth in commercial genetic testing services and in the trade of such services. This trend is expected to increase as knowledge gained from the mapping of the human genome and of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) is applied to the identification of disease-causing genes and of inherited differences in drug response. The potential socio-economic impacts are staggering. Drawing from the OECD workshop 'Genetic Testing: Policy Issues for the New Millennium', held in Vienna on 23-25 February 2000, this special issue provides the reader with a state-of-the-art review of advances in genetic testing and the main international policy concerns. It is highly recommended to medical geneticists and genetic counselors, and is indispensable for genetic policy makers, agencies governing the distribution of funds for genetic studies, and specialists in public health and social medicine.
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Genetic testing - policy issues for the new millennium, Elettra Ronchi, David Harper, Anthony Taylor, et al; the challenge of validating genetic testing, Ulf Kristoffersson; genetic counselling - evolution or involution?, Marina Frontali, Anna Gioia Jacopini; availability of genetic services - implementation and policy issues, Ingeborg Blancquaert; new developments in genetics for the new millennium - the concept of clinical bioinformatics, Bernadette Modell, Matthew Darlison; benefits and costs of genetic screening for breast cancer, Victor R. Grann, Judith S. Jacobson; testing for hereditary risk of breast and ovarian cancer, Thomas S. Frank; from gene-specific tests to pharmacogenetics, L. Middleton, A. Freeman, S. Brewster, et al; banking biological collections - data warehousing, data mining, and data dilemmas in genomics and global health policy, Robin J.R. Blatt; population genetics and benefit sharing, Bartha Maria Knoppers; genetic technologies and courts of law, Franklin M. Zweig, Andre M. Davis; access to genetic tests - a legal perspective, Olivier Guillod.