Mary Dejevsky: Genetic testing has little value if there’s no chance of a cure

April 12, 2011

Sometimes it is hard not to feel that the media and the medics between them have things the wrong way round. Earlier this week, a report from the Human Genetics Commission recommended that genetic testing for a range of conditions be made available to couples contemplating having children. The findings have more committees to pass through before they are acted upon, but the Commission said that there were “no specific social, ethical or legal principles” against pre-conception screening. (The Independent)