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To be forewarned is to be forearmed. That is the idea behind preventive gene testing. If we know in advance that our genes predispose us to a specific disease, we can do something about it. Perhaps with screenings and earlier treatments, eventually doctors may be able to directly alter our genes so we — or our children — never develop the disease. Although gene-editing is consider one of the most heinous ethical breaches among scientists today, small-scale experiments still occur (Kolata, 2015).
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Russo, V. (2016). Preventive Gene Testing. In: Ethical Ripples of Creativity and Innovation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137505545_9
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