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Jimmy Said:

Can genetic testing determine if this disease was inherited from mother or father?

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Crohn's disease is a recessive trait. Both of your friend's child's parents are carriers.

Bernice Said:

Research Paper: Ethics of Genetic Testing for Incurable Disease (10pg)?

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Emily,
Might I suggest that you start by looking at the following links which may give you some insight of the subject of genetic testing -


http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/sr-sr/pubs/
hpr-rpms/wp-dt/2001-0102-genet-
pol/method-eng.php


http://www.sahealthinfo.org/
ethics/book2genetesting.htm

You may also care to research details of chromosomal microarray analysis which you should find most interesting. However, until you narrow your research to either one or maybe all the methods available you may encounter difficulty. It might also be worthy of note, that although genetic testing has the potential to improve the quality of health care greatly, there are a number of debilitating diseases affecting the elderly for which testing may not be useful at this time. Another concern relating to genetic testing and which forms part of your question, is that elderly patients might have a difficult time obtaining quality health insurance if it is revealed that they are carriers for a genetic disease. If long-term care insurance is required, for example, they might not be eligible for such insurance if a genetic test reveals that they are at risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Alternatively, premiums could rise if the test’s results were revealed to an insurance company. There are many issues related to genetic testing that whilst connected to testing may still have an effect upon it and this will likely give you plenty to research, I wish you well, you have chosen one of the most interesting subjects to research and write upon.


Hope this helps
matador 89

Daisy Said:

Should genetic testing be used to select a child’s characteristics?

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I believe it is wrong to "custom make" your child, per science of these days.
Each child/human being is unique, and precious as they are. I don't know how many, cannot recall the details of each one, however there have been pregnancies where someone had the genetic testing (amniotic fluid testing, I think it's called) and found something wrong with the child. Could have aborted, however, when the child was born, the child was NORMAL.The test during the pregnancy was WRONG.

Jeffrey Said:

PLEASE HELP: How common is genetic testing if I want to get it done in Canada for a hereditary brain disease?

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I suggest you visit http://www.ataxia.org/. This is the national ataxia foundation in the US and you should be able to find a lot of info here if you haven't already. In terms of testing, there are plenty of places where you can get the testing done depending on the specific gene in your family. You can visit www.genetests.org to find a lab that tests for your specific gene. University of Washington in Seattle, WA has a fantastic ataxia clinic, and so does Baylor college of medicine in Houston, TX. Goog luck to you.

Troy Said:

Is Alzheimer disease a disease where genetic testing is recommened to determine who carries the trait?

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There is early onset Alzheimer's that can be detected by 3 genes...& will raise the possibility of one getting Alzheimer's before the age of 65. There are only 200 families in US that have genes for early onset Alzheimer"s. There are cases of people in their 30's & 40's getting AD.
More women than men get AD because more women live longer.

It is unclear whether it is recommended to get genetic testing because there is very little to do for the disease & still doesn't tell what age the person would have onset.
Politically & economically, I would say at this point it could be detrimental to be tested because it could conceivably be used against a person in getting a job; getting health insurance.
Until there are better protective laws, I don't think it is recommended.

Google: mayo clinic.>>diseases>>Disease & Condition Centers>>Alzheimer's