When testing costs you: the genetic dilemma confronting Australians with life insurance
by Daisy Dumas from on (#6J9N2)
With insurance companies using genetic information to set prices and policies, advocates say the need for protection against genetic discrimination is urgent'
After her mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, Meg Herrmann decided to get genetically tested for a hereditary cancer-causing gene.
I thought, I need to know.' Hereditary cancer can develop at any point in your life and you have a 70% likelihood that it'll develop," the Brisbane PhD candidate says.
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