The Case for Genetic Testing Oversight

While some have warned of the emergence of 'genetic exceptionalism' - the fear that genetic medicine will be treated differently than, and regulated separately from, conventional medicine - the sad reality is that genetics has been ignored by US health oversight agencies such as the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Rather than receiving heightened or special attention, genetic testing has fallen between the cracks. In BioNews, 21 August 2006.