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		smt88 12 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cheap blood test detects pancreatic cancer before ... Whole-genome sequencing leads to unnecessary treatment, like mastectomies. It’s not risk-free.

ethbr1 12 months ago [–]

Whole-genome sequencing gives me more information about my health than I had before. Being ignorant is not risk free.

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