...Regine Kollek; Jan van Aken; Günter Feuerstein; Mechtild Schmedders Adverse drug reactions (ADRs) are a major public health problem. Pharmacogenetic testing prior to drug treatment is supposed to considerably alleviate this problem. The state of pharmacogenetic development was assessed...

...Shenaz Ahmed; Hilary Bekker; Jenny Hewison; Sally Kinsey Objectives: To describe β-thalassaemia (thalassaemia) carrier testing behaviour (whether tested or intentions of testing) amongst a sample of UK Pakistani adults; their level of knowledge about thalassaemia, and their attitudes toward...

...JamesE. Bowman Early testing for phenylketonuria, Tay-Sachs disease, and sickle hemoglobin are briefly summarized. The advent of prenatal diagnosis and DNA testing introduced different ethical issues. The out-of wedlock birth rate in the African American community in Chicago is about 83% – thus...