A duty to recontact patients to inform them of new genetic discoveries?Recently in Nature Reviews Genetics (April, 1 2019) Giesbertz, van Harten en Bredenoord published a comment on the need for a policy whether to contact patients again to inform them of new genetic discoveries that may have relevance to their health. This publication is part of the TANGO project. TANGO focuses on a wide evaluation of DNA analyses techniques, including whole genome sequencing, in oncology. Legal and ethical aspects regarding ‘duty to recontact’ are evaluated. Prof. Dr. Wim van Harten coordinates the Health Technology Assessment activities in this project. The publication in Nature can be found here.Read more
Sofie Berghuis wins PALGA awardLast Friday, during the week of pathology, our colleague Sofie Berghuis was awarded the PALGA award. PALGA is the nationwide network and registry of histo- and cytopathology in the Netherlands. The purpose of PALGA is to promote communication and the provision of information within and between pathology laboratories, and to make the resultant knowledge available to health care. The PALGA Award was created to encourage the use of PALGA's database for scientific research. The PALGA Award goes to the best abstract based on PALGA data.Read more
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