Is It Our Duty To Hunt for Pathogenic Mutations?

Roel H.P. Wouters; Rhodé M. Bijlsma; Geert W.J. Frederix; Margreet G.E.M. Ausems; Johannes J.M. van Delden; Emile E. Voest; Annelien L. Bredenoord

doi:10.1016/j.molmed.2017.11.008

Is It Our Duty To Hunt for Pathogenic Mutations?

Roel H.P. Wouters^*, Rhodé M. Bijlsma, Geert W.J. Frederix, Margreet G.E.M. Ausems, Johannes J.M. van Delden, Emile E. Voest, Annelien L. Bredenoord

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Should professionals systematically screen whole-genome sequencing (WGS) data to check for life-threatening mutations? Alternatively, should genome analysis focus on the primary reason for testing – that is, aiming to achieve precision medicine? We present an ethical review of the arguments and compare the act of searching for mutations with disclosing mutations that are discovered incidentally.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3-6
Number of pages	4
Journal	Trends in molecular medicine
Volume	24
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molmed.2017.11.008
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2018

Keywords

duty to hunt
genomics
incidental finding
opportunistic screening
routine screening
unsolicited finding

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