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On the Precarious Cusp of Genetic Medicine
Author(s) -
Powell Anne Martin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of genetic counseling
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.867
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1573-3599
pISSN - 1059-7700
DOI - 10.1007/s10897-012-9541-7
Subject(s) - sister , genetic counseling , brother , genetic testing , human genetics , test (biology) , genealogy , cusp (singularity) , genetics , medicine , sociology , history , biology , anthropology , mathematics , paleontology , gene , geometry
This is the story of two brothers at the dawn of genetic medicine, the first severely disabled by cerebral palsy, the other an MD scientist who happens to uncover the genetic cause of his brother's condition. A test confirms their mother's carrier status. But what about their only sister—is she a carrier as well? The question would send the author down a path she never dreamed she would take.