Testing curbs some genetic diseases

Some of mankind’s most devastating inherited diseases appear to be declining, and a few have nearly disappeared, because more people are using genetic testing to decide whether to have children.

The Associated Press: News

GNTIS comment

Article has interesting perspectives from parents, ethicists, physicians and religion on implications of genetic testing over and above the reduction in the incidence of the diseases in question.   See other GNTIS blog posts on genetic testing:

Cheap genetic tests: insurance policy or privacy risk

Light sentence for bad genes

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