Disability and genetics in the era of genomic medicine.
Nat Rev Genet
; 9(10): 797-802, 2008 Oct.
Article
en En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18762801
ABSTRACT
Genomic medicine offers a growing number of methods to diagnose, cure or prevent disability. Although many disabled people welcome these advances, others have reservations about the impact of genetic knowledge on disabled people's lives, arguing that genetic science might exacerbate the deep ambivalence that society as a whole has towards physical difference and anomaly. It is also possible, however, that being able to specify the genetic bases of disability, and distinguish them from other causative factors, will contribute to a fuller understanding of disability and a better response to disabled people.
Texto completo:
1
Colección:
01-internacional
Banco de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Diagnóstico Prenatal
/
Personas con Discapacidad
/
Enfermedades Genéticas Congénitas
/
Medicina
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
Límite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Nat Rev Genet
Asunto de la revista:
GENETICA
Año:
2008
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Reino Unido