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| If your family had a history of a debilitating disease that caused extreme memory loss or physical disability, a disease such as early-onset Alzheimer or Huntington disease, would you want to know your fate? What different life choices would you make after the diagnosis?
Kimberly Quaid directs the Predictive Testing Program at the IU School of Medicine. In an audiostreamed archive from the American University Radio’s Diane Rehm Show, Quaid describes the process of testing individuals for such genetic conditions, from the initial counseling to the choices people make after discovering they indeed have inherited a disabling genetic mutation. In particular, she addresses the topic of screening a woman's eggs to make sure her child does not carry the devastating gene mutation. Quaid is associate professor of clinical medical and molecular genetics and psychiatry at the IU School of Medicine. She's also a core faculty member at the IU Center for Bioethics. http://www.wamu.org/dr/shows/drarc_020304.html
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