Titlebook: Diagnostic Genetic Testing; Core Concepts and th David Bourn Book 2022 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive lic

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Genetic Testing in Cancer, A distinction is made in this chapter between acquired cancer and cancer due to an inherited predisposition, but both are equally genetic in origin (and in practice there are, as in all things, grey areas and overlap between the two groups). Tumor suppressor genes (. and . are the examples used) ar

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Out of Sequence: Genome-Scale Testing,nd sequencing approaches), the basics of Sanger sequencing are reviewed. The agreed universal system for mutation nomenclature is outlined. The central part of the chapter covers current uses of genome-scale sequencing. These include general mutation screening for rare disease and cancer, trio analy

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DNA Testing: Pulling the Strands Together,de on laboratory genetics as a scientific discipline. An overview is attempted of some of the main professional and ethical responsibilities for diagnostic geneticists, touching on issues of providing benefit to the patient, consent, autonomy and avoiding harm (potential harms including the risk of

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The Self-Assertion of the German Universitynheritance (autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, X-linked and mitochondrial) are introduced. The final part of the chapter gives a succinct description of some of the basic methodology of diagnostic DNA analysis, including microarrays, the polymerase chain reaction, electrophoresis and DNA sequencing.

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Kant and the Problem of Metaphysicsg are also addressed, including sensitivity, specificity and sources of laboratory error. Ethical questions raised by testing for this late-onset disorder are highlighted at the end of the chapter, largely around the sharing of genetic information.

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