Volunteer's willingness to genetic testing - lack of the understanding of the matter.
Medical genetic research achieved in last decade many efforts leading to better understanding of inherited basis of human diseases. This will not be possible without the participation of patients and controls. However, the general understanding of the background and possibilities of genetic association studies is very low. It was confirmed by study of university of students. Because of the fair of misuses of the individual genetic information, significant part of participants refused the use of already donated blood samples for genetic testing but agreed with using of buccal swabs for the same analysis. To enhance the general knowledge's of the population, leading to realistic expectations not just about genetic predictive power but also about the eventual risks in behind will be the major mission in the next years.
Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine-PPK, Prague, Czech Republic. vead@ikem.cz.
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D032882:Comprehension; D005239:Fear; D056726:Genetic Association Studies; D005820:Genetic Testing; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007258:Informed Consent; D018579:Patient Selection