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Generation of Human Nasal Epithelial Cell Spheroids for Individualized Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator Study
Published on: April 11, 2018
[The example of cystic fibrosis to highlight the complexity of genetic screening]
Murielle Bochud1, Florence Fellmann, John-Paul Vader
1Unité de prévention communautaire, IUMSP, CHUV, Lausanne. Murielle.Bochud@chuv.ch
Abstract:
Various institutions and countries often reach different conclusions about the utility of introducing a newborn screening test in the general population. This paper highlights the complexity of population screening including genetic tests. Using the example of cystic fibrosis genetic screening, for which a Swiss Working Group for Cystic Fibrosis is currently evaluating the pertinence, we outline that screening recommendations are often based more on expert opinion and emerging new technologies rather than on evidence. We also present some ethical and economic issues related to cystic fibrosis genetic screening.
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