Variants of uncertain significance in BRCA: a harbinger of ethical and policy issues to come?

After two decades of genetic testing and research, the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are two of the most well-characterized genes in the human genome. As a result, variants of uncertain significance (VUS; also called variants of unknown significance) are reported less frequently than for genes that have bee...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Cheon, Jae Yeon, Mozersky, Jessica, Cook-Deegan, Robert
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
Materias:
Opinion
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25593598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-014-0121-3

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4295298/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25593598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13073-014-0121-3

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