Sydney Health Ethics: Recent submissions
-
How genetic testing is swelling the ranks of the ‘worried well’
Published 2012-09-13Genetic testing and screening is increasingly becoming a presence in our lives. Daily news reports discuss new associations between genes and common conditions. And these associations are used to calculate risks for ...Open AccessArticle -
Known unknowns: building an ethics of uncertainty into genomic medicine
Published 2016-09-01Background Genomic testing has reached the point where, technically at least, it can be cheaper to undertake panel-, exome- or whole genome testing than it is to sequence a single gene. An attribute of these approaches ...Open AccessArticle -
Biobanks Go Global
Published 2016-08-01Medical research increasingly relies on collections of donated human tissue, such as DNA samples, blood samples and solid organs and tissues. These collections of donated samples – referred to as biobanks, biorepositories ...Open AccessArticle -
The Stem Cell “Sell”
Published 2016-08-01In recent years, a growing number of clinics in Australia and overseas have begun to offer therapies that claim to restore health by using stem cells to replace or repair the patient's faulty or missing cells. For those ...Open AccessArticle -
Re: The impact of communicating genetic risks of disease on risk-reducing health behaviour: systematic review with meta-analysis (Rapid Response to Hollands et al)
Published 2016-05-15Hollands et al provide an important contribution to evidence on the potential impact of DNA-based disease risk information on health behaviours. Based on the findings of their systematic review and meta-analysis, the authors ...Open AccessArticle, Letter