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Journal of the National Cancer Institute Advance Access originally published online on June 27, 2007
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2007 99(13):993-995; doi:10.1093/jnci/djm058
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GINA THE TEASE?

Genetic Nondiscrimination Legislation Could Improve Cancer Prevention—If it Passes

Mary Beckman

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Although discrimination often seems based on visible traits—race, sex, or sexual orientation, for example—it can also be based on something deep inside people: their genes. Especially when those genes harbor a change in their DNA sequence that predisposes someone to a disease like cancer.

But politicians appear poised to strike at this discrimination before it gets a foothold. In late April, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill seeking to prevent genetic information from being misused for health insurance purposes or employee hiring practices. Called the Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (GINA) of 2007, the bill mirrored legislation that the U.S. Senate passed in 2003 and again in 2005. Supporters hope the Senate will again support the bill so that the protections can finally be ensconced in law.

"Everyone's hope is that we will increasingly use genetic information for health purposes," says clinical geneticist Susan Domchek, M.D., the director of . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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