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Request for Comments from the Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues

By The Petrie-Flom Center The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues recently published a “Request for Comments on Issues Related to Incidental Findings That Arise in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-To-Consumer Contexts.” In this publication, the Bioethics Commission requests public comment on “the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by incidental findings that…

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By The Petrie-Flom Center

The Presidential Commission for the Study of Bioethical Issues recently published a “Request for Comments on Issues Related to Incidental Findings That Arise in the Clinical, Research, and Direct-To-Consumer Contexts.” In this publication, the Bioethics Commission requests public comment on “the ethical, legal, and social issues raised by incidental findings that arise from genetic and genomic testing, imaging, and testing of biological specimens conducted in the clinical, research, and direct-to-consumer contexts.” You can read the full “Request for Comments,” which includes instructions on how to submit comments, online here.

 

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  • Petrie-Flom Center

    The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School is a prominent research program dedicated to legal analysis and interdisciplinary scholarship on the questions facing health policymakers, medical professionals, industry leaders, patients, and families. The Center was founded in 2005 through a generous gift from Joseph H. Flom ’48 and the Carroll and Milton Petrie Foundation.