Sökning: "Genetic testing"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 221 avhandlingar innehållade orden Genetic testing.
1. Genetic Information - Values and Rights. The morality of presymptomatic genetic testing
Sammanfattning : The focal point of this dissertation is the question of the value of and right to genetic information from presymptomatic genetic testing that may reveal risk of disease. This question is discussed regarding first parties, that is, the person on whom the test is performed, second parties, that is, blood relatives’ of first parties, and third parties, such as insurance companies and employers. LÄS MER
2. Chosen Children? : An empirical study and a philosophical analysis of moral aspects of pre-implantation genetic diagnosis and germ-line gene therapy
Sammanfattning : With pre-implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD), genetic testing and selective transfer of embryos is possible. In the future, germ-line gene therapy (GLGT) applied to embryos before implantation, in order to introduce missing genes or replace mutant ones, may be possible. LÄS MER
3. Breast cancer in young women. Aspects of heredity and contralateral disease
Sammanfattning : Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer among women in Sweden, as well as worldwide. In Sweden, 8,288 women were diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in 2019, out of whom approximately 1.5% were younger than 35 years of age. LÄS MER
4. Biomimetic Software Engineering Techniques for Dependability
Sammanfattning : The powerful information processing capabilities of computers have made them an indispensable part of our modern societies. As we become more reliant on computers and want them to handle more critical and difficult tasks it becomes important that we can depend on the software that controls them. LÄS MER
5. Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease -lung physiology and genetic links
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