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Genetic Counseling and Prenatal Diagnosis. Human Genome Project

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The expanding knowledge in human genetics has led to practical applications at an increasing rate — especially in genetic counseling and genetic screening. These approaches are promoted to avoid unnecessary hardships for families today. However, widespread genetic counseling and genetic screening will also influence the genetic composition of future generations. More recently, molecular biology has provided increasingly efficient techniques for genetic diagnosis and therapy which will be described in Chap.18. Human geneticists need to consider whether these influences are beneficial or not. What will be the impact of all these new developments on the human species? These problems are considered in Chapter 19.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.

Old English proverb

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    Emeritus Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. Friedrich Vogel

  2. Division of Medical Genetics, School of Medicine, University of Washington, 98195, Seattle, WA, USA

    Arno G. Motulsky M.D. (Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Genetics)

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Vogel, F., Motulsky, A.G. (1997). Genetic Counseling and Prenatal Diagnosis. Human Genome Project. In: Human Genetics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-03356-2_19

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