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The societal prospects of ecogenomics

How can we improve the conditions for future societal embedding of ecogenomics?

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Society & Genomics - Genetische screening



Health

Genomics provides opportunities for individual screening, so that people can be informed of the risk they run of hereditary diseases. Expectations are that, within the space of a few years, it will be possible to screen the entire genome of an individual for less than € 1,000. In other words, soon everybody can learn how high their risks are of contracting diseases such as diabetes or cancer. While offering unique opportunities for prevention, it also raises a large number of questions. What are the consequences for health care and preventive medicine? How do you ensure that people deal responsibly with the screening results? And what to do with genetic information on the risk of diseases that are determined to a large extent by lifestyle and environment? How, ultimately, do these new breakthroughs in screening contribute to individual health?

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