NEW YORK>> Last year, Katie Burns got a phone call that shows what can happen in medicine when information runs ahead of knowledge.Burns learned that a genetic test of her fetus had turned up an abnormality. It appeared in a gene that, when it fails to work properly, causes heart defects, mental disability and other problems.
Gene Tests Can Provide Health Clues - And Needless Worry
By Malcolm Ritter Of The Associated Press, The Macomb Daily
Thu, 07/19/2018 - 7:01pm
Sections: u.s.
Topics: Michigan Macomb County Mount Clemens
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