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Musings on genome medicine: abuse of genetic tests

David G Nathan 1* and Stuart H Orkin 1

Author Affiliations

1 Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, 44 Binney Street, Boston, MA 02115, USA


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Genome Medicine 2009, 1:18doi:10.1186/gm18

Published: 16 February 2009

Abstract

The wide general publication of a putative genetic test for athletic supremacy is clearly an abuse of genetics and reveals an undercurrent of hucksterism in biomedical science.