Open AccessVolunteer’s willingness to genetic testing - lack of the understanding of the matter
Author(s) -
Věra Adámková,
Miloš Velemínský,
P. Zimmelová,
Jaroslav A. Hubacek
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
physiological research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1802-9973
pISSN - 0862-8408
DOI - 10.33549/physiolres.931854
Subject(s) - genetic testing , population , buccal swab , psychology , medicine , family medicine , environmental health , biology , genetics
Medical genetic research achieved in last decade many effortsleading to better understanding of inherited basis of humandiseases. This will not be possible without the participation ofpatients and controls. However, the general understanding of thebackground and possibilities of genetic association studies isvery low. It was confirmed by study of university of students.Because of the fair of misuses of the individual geneticinformation, significant part of participants refused the use ofalready donated blood samples for genetic testing but agreedwith using of buccal swabs for the same analysis. To enhance thegeneral knowledge’s of the population, leading to realisticexpectations not just about genetic predictive power but alsoabout the eventual risks in behind will be the major mission inthe next years.