TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Genetic Testing and Screening A1 - Schaefer, G. Bradley A1 - Thompson, Jr., James N. PY - 2017 T2 - Medical Genetics: An Integrated Approach AB - It is probably obvious that for most subjects the quality of understanding is limited by the quality of information. If our information is faulty, so is our understanding. Conversely, as we learn more, our understanding of processes and events will improve. The advent of shared databases, the internet, and other communication tools has given us unprecedented insight into unfolding events around the world. Similarly, advances in molecular, biochemical, and other diagnostic technologies are changing the limits of genetic testing and screening. But we must put this into an historical perspective. Molecular insights have set the foundation for recent changes in the relatively short history of technological advancement. Not long ago, resources like personalized DNA databases and targeted genetic testing were hardly even imaginable. But today, the only certain prediction about the future of individualized genomic data is that information will increase. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1147723104 ER -