Researchers to Explore Promise, Risks Of Sequencing Newborns' DNA

摘要

Last week, U.S. human geneticists moved into perhaps their most sensitive ethical territory yet: whether it might someday make sense to sequence every newborn's genome so the information can be used in the child's medical care. That prospect raises a host of questions about what parents should be told about their baby's genes. Should they know, for example, that their child is at high risk for cancer later in life?