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Genetic Testing

What would you do if you found out you were more likely to get a particular disease, say a form of cancer, because you have a certain genetic mutation? What would you do about that risk? Would you want to know? What is the state of regulation of genetic testing and counseling in California?Guest: Dave Iverson, PBS Frontline correspondent and producer of a Frontline documentary on Parkinson's Disease, "My Father, My Brother and Me." Dave Iverson is also the Friday host of KQED's Forum..Guest: Dr. Robert L. Nussbaum, M.D., chief of Medical Genetics at the University of California, San Francisco.

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