Robert Resta
Human pedigree through the ages: 14 reasons why people may want to know more about their family history
Pedigrees have long been the backbone of genetics. Not surprisingly, therefore, we tend to think of pedigrees as primarily medical ...
Eugenics, racism and injustice: Inside the contentious history of the American Society of Human Genetics
The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) recently released Facing Our History – Building An Equitable Future Initiative, a report ...
And Bob’s your uncle: A guide to defining kinfolk
The following is an excerpt. When genetic counselors attend family reunions, their unofficial job becomes Namer-of-Relationships. “Keith, you and I are ...
Genetic counseling and the customer service model of healthcare
The following is an edited excerpt. Genetic counselors wake up every morning and go to work because we are driven ...
Testing everyone for everything: The problems with genetic screening
The following is an edited excerpt. New techniques of DNA sequencing make it possible to test a single sample to determine carrier ...
Genetic disease: The pitfalls of our risk perception
Statistics about genetic risk pass through patients’ psychological, cultural, social, and educational filters and out of the other side comes ...
