Points to consider to avoid unfair discrimination and the misuse of genetic information: A statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)

Laurie H Seaver¹, George Khushf², Nancy M P King³, Dena R Matalon⁴, Kunal Sanghavi⁵, Matteo Vatta⁶, Kristi Wees⁷; ACMG Social, Ethical and Legal Issues Committee. Electronic address: documents@acmg.net⁸

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¹ Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI; Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI.
² Center for Bioethics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
³ Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
⁴ Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁵ The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT.
⁶ Invitae Corporation, San Francisco, CA.
⁷ Mountain States Regional Genetics Network, Austin, TX.
⁸ American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Bethesda, MD.

PMID: 35253645
DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.11.002

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Points to consider to avoid unfair discrimination and the misuse of genetic information: A statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)

Laurie H Seaver et al. Genet Med. 2022 Mar.

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. 2022 Mar;24(3):512-520.

doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.11.002. Epub 2021 Dec 16.

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¹ Spectrum Health Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, MI; Department of Pediatrics and Human Development, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI.
² Center for Bioethics, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
³ Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC; Center for Bioethics, Health, and Society, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC.
⁴ Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
⁵ The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, Farmington, CT.
⁶ Invitae Corporation, San Francisco, CA.
⁷ Mountain States Regional Genetics Network, Austin, TX.
⁸ American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics, Bethesda, MD.

PMID: 35253645
DOI: 10.1016/j.gim.2021.11.002

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Keywords: Data protection; Direct-to-consumer testing; Genetic privacy; Genetics discrimination; Informed consent.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest M.V. reports receiving a salary/stock from Invitae Corporation. K.W.’s contributions were supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA.gov) (award number: UH7MC30776). All other authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Points to consider to avoid unfair discrimination and the misuse of genetic information: A statement of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG)

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