What are the ethical dilemmas involved in knowing whether you have a predisposition for a genetic disease and informing your doctor/insurance company? Will you get coverage? Does it affect your ability to be hired? This article in the NYT addresses these important new issues in the field of ethics.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/24/health/24dna.html

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Feel free to post your feelings on this topic. I personally feel its tragic that people have to hide their genetic profile and possibly suspend treatment because they are an "insurance risk." Is this what modern medicine means?