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- Are genetic tests reliable and interpretable by the medical community?
- How reliable and useful is fetal genetic testing?
- How will genetic tests be evaluated and regulated for accuracy, reliability, and utility?

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The solution provides information, assistance and advise on the topic of genetic testing. Questions about its reliability, interpretability, regulation, usefulness, accuracy and utility (see original problem above) is explored and discussed. Resources are listed for further exploration of the topic.

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Genetic Test Reliability & Interpretability

How reliable are genetic tests? Can they be easily interpreted by the medical community? The answer to this question lies in the integrity of the science behind it. Caplan (2011), reports that it is reliable as long as what is tested are isolated cells from the fetus via the blood sample taken from the mother - meaning the utilization of the current crop of a method known as 'Cell-free fetal DNA testing'. He writes that "researchers from the National Institutes of Health reviewed and analyzed ...

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