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Biology: Genetic Testing
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- 1Who can Genetic Testing be Used on?Embryos, Children and Adults
- 2What happens when Embryos are produced using IVF?Doctors can check them to test for certain genetic Disorders. This is PGD. After being tested, only the healthy ones are implanted back into the Womb, while the others are discarded.
- 3Why are Children and Adults tested?To see if they carry the alleles for a Certain disorder.
Couples may do it to see if their children are likely to inherit a disorder or not. - 4Why else would Children and Adults be Tested?They may be tested before being prescribed a drug, to see if it may effect an individual and that they may get an adverse reaction from it.
- 5What is the issue about accuracy in Genetic Testing?Results are not 100% Accurate this could result in a false positive or a false negative. Because of this people may make important life decision based on incorrect information.
- 6Is Genetic Testing Safe?Not 100% safe, there is a 1% of miscarriage when carried out on an embryo.
- 7What if the Test result is positive?There is an issue about, their family being told, do they kneed to know? Some might not want to know. Is it fair on any future children they may have?
- 8What issues are there regarding Children?If they are tested positive, they may be under pressure to not have children, but what if they want children?
- 9What if an Embryo is tested to be positive?Is it right to terminate the pregnancy? Even a disabled child has a right to life.
- 10Should the result be told to employers?It is told to employers, and this could cause discrimination, resulting in someone not getting a job that they want.
- 11What about Life Insurance?People tested to be positive may refuse to be given life insurance.
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- GCSE Biology (Core Biology) Karteikarten am Biology: Genetic Testing, erstellt von Blgr64 am 06/03/2015.
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