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Behavioral Genetics: From Science News to Political Preferences
Today, once marginal far-right political parties are supported by a growing proportion of the electorate. Some far-right figures insist that foreigners are and will always remain fundamentally…- Behavioral Genetics
- genetic essentialism
- Eugenics
- Narratives
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NEWS 23 February 2024 ‘All of Us’ genetics chart stirs unease over controversial depiction of race
Nature |Debate over figure connecting genes, race and ethnicity reignites concerns among geneticists about how to represent human diversity.- All of Us Research Program
- race and genetics
- Ethnicity
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‘All of Us’ reports half of the genomes it has sequenced are from non-Europeans
STAT News |Six years ago, the National Institutes of Health placed its biggest ever bet on precision medicine, launching a study to enroll over 1 million participants in an ambitious data-gathering…- All of Us Research Program
- Pangenome
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Ethical, Legal, and Social Implications of Generative AI (GenAI) in Healthcare
The co-evolution of computational processing power and neural network models has made revolutionary developments in generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) possible. One type of GenAI, large…- ELSI
- generative AI
- large language models
- bioethics
- data privacy
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In the Media
23andMe Breach Targeted Jewish and Chinese Customers, Lawsuit Says
The New York Times |The class-action suit said the genetic testing company failed to notify customers whose personal information was compiled into “curated” lists that were sold on the dark web.- 23andMe
- genetic data
- Biobanking and genomic databases
- breaches of confidentiality
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Patient Perspectives on Uncertainty in Genomic Medicine
All medical information is subject to uncertainty, but the practice of medical genetics is characterized by unique magnitudes and forms of uncertainty. In fact, for many patients, a “positive”…- variant of uncertain significance
- incidental finding
- patient experience
- clinical decision-making
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Establishing Gender-Affirming Genetic Counseling Services
Transgender (trans) describes an individual whose gender identity differs from the sex they were assigned at birth. In the U.S., approximately 2.6 million people (~1% of the population) identify as…- TGDI
- gender affirming care
- intersex
- transgender
- gender-diverse
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U.K. approves world’s first CRISPR-based medicine, giving green light to therapy for sickle cell, thalassemia
Stat News |Regulators in the U.K. on Thursday approved a CRISPR-based medicine to treat both sickle cell disease and beta thalassemia, making it the world’s first therapy built on the revolutionary gene-editing…- CRISPR
- CRISPR gene therapy
- Sickle Cell
- Thalassemia
- gene therapy
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Screening Embryos for Psychiatric Conditions: Public Perspectives, Ethical and Social Issues
The number of genomic loci identified to be associated with psychiatric disorders have substantially increased over the last decade. Alongside developments in polygenic embryo screening (PES; or PGT-…- polygenic embyro screening
- Polygenic risk scores
- Psychiatry
- Reproductive Decision Making
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In the Media
Panel Says That Innovative Sickle Cell Cure Is Safe Enough for Patients
The New York Times |The decision by an advisory committee may lead to Food and Drug Administration approval of the first treatment for humans that uses the CRISPR gene-editing system- CRISPR
- Sickle Cell
- gene therapy