Do participants in genetics research studies have the right to know—or not know—about troubling DNA results?
Is it possible to know too much about our own genetic profile?
Source: geneticliteracyproject.org
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Is it possible to know too much about our own genetic profile?
Their DNA hides a warning, but they don’t want to know what it says
Some volunteers for biobanks, which collect genetic information to study health across populations, have been surprised to be informed they carry risky mutations.