Topic
Genetic Testing
118 published works
HR Defense
Will GINA Be Popular When She Gets a Little Older?
Time magazine ran a story last week on a company called 23andMe that is seeking FDA approval for a panel of genetic tests that will cost consumers only $299. According…
Health Law Prof Blog
Misguided Genetic Exceptionalism
While society should be careful about its uses of genetic testing and its efforts to modify the genome, some people overreact when dealing with DNA. Consider two recent examples reported…
Health Law Prof Blog
Gene Patents and Myriad, Redux
Myriad Genetics holds a number of patents on two genes implicated causally in breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2. In 2009, scientific organizations devoted to genetics and pathology, genetics researchers, clinicians,…
Health Law Prof Blog
Genetic Exceptionalism
While society should be careful about the uses of genetic testing and efforts to modify the genome, some people seem to overreact when dealing with DNA. Consider two recent examples…
Health Industry Washington Watch
Coverage and Payment for Genetic Laboratory Tests
The OIG has issued a report that summarizes genetic laboratory test coverage and payment policies adopted by state Medicaid programs, the Federal Employee Health Benefits program, and the Veterans Health…
Health Law Prof Blog
Worth Reading This Week
Jaime King, And Genetic Testing for All....The Coming Revolution in Prenatal Genetic Testing, SSRN/Rutgers L J Rebecca Rausch, Health Cover(age)ing: The Weight of Health Insurance Fat Taxes, SSRN/Nebraska L. Rev.Margaret Gilhooley,…
Reproductive Rights Prof Blog
Simple Blood Test Can Determine Fetal Sex at Seven Weeks
The New York Times: Test Can Tell Fetal Sex at 7 Weeks, Study Says, by Pam Belluck: A simple blood test that can determine a baby’s sex as early as…
International Law Prof Blog
ECHR says pregnant mothers entitled to prenatal genetic tests
A chamber of seven judges of the European Court of Human Rights issued a decision last week in R.R. v. Poland, finding that a pregnant mother's rights under articles 3…
InsureReinsure
UK: ABI Extends Moratorium on Use of Predictive Genetic Test Results
The Association of British Insurers has announced that it has agreed with the UK government that the moratorium on insurers using predictive genetic test results for any type of insurance…
Health Law Prof Blog
Gaia Bernstein: “”Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Gatekeeping the Production of Genetic Information”
Gaia Bernstein, Associate Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law, posted "Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Gatekeeping the Production of Genetic Information" on SSRN: Traditionally, the practice of genetic…