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Making Genetic Testing Useful

technologyreview.com — It's now possible to go online and mail-order genetic tests that will predict your genetic risk for common diseases. But because the meaning of the genetic risk factors flagged--how they boost risk for disease--is not yet clear, such tests have received major criticism.

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  • skewl, on 07/22/2008, -0/+2The utility of this knowledge being generated by studies will be at the population level and could have very useful effects .
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