Genomic natives: Young people clued up about whole genome sequencing

29th September 2014

Excerpt from article:

“Young people are surprisingly well­informed about the basics of genetics and thoughtful about the kind of information they’d like to receive from genome studies, results from an international survey suggest.

‘While it’s a little premature to start speaking of “genomic natives” as the media does about “digital natives”, our results show that young people’s understanding of genetics is at least on a par with adults”, said Dr Anna Middleton ­ senior scientist at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge, and co­lead researcher of the GenomEthics study.”

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BioNews 2014. Genomic natives? Young people clued up about whole genome sequencing. BioNews [Online] Issue 773. Available at: http://www.bionews.org.uk/page_456273.asp [Accessed: 14 February 2018]