title: [The ethical implications, guidelines, and standardization of genetic tests].
abstract: Laboratory advances in molecular genetics have resulted in numerous clinical applications for DNA analysis. Genetic tests can contribute a great deal of information to clinical diagnosis. These genetic tests including PCR, fluorescence detection, real-time PCR, and automated sequencing have developed into both simple and time-consuming laboratory techniques. Currently, DNA diagnosis is not used routinely because of cost, complexity, and resources. We have focused on the ethical implications and proper standardization in DNA diagnosis. This review is to discuss a guide to proceed genetic tests for their efficiency, accessibility and quality in laboratory.
authors.affiliation: Division of Molecular Diagnostics, Tohoku University, School of Medicine.
authors.forename: Tadao
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funato
mesh_terms: D005817:Genetic Counseling; D017408:Guidelines as Topic; D006801:Humans; D025202:Molecular Diagnostic Techniques / Q000941:ethics* / Q000592:standards*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA