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Genomic data: building blocks for life or abstract art?
- Abstract:
- The genes found in the genetic code (genome) are sometimes called the “building blocks for life” but knowing how they impact human health can be more complicated than it sounds. This article aims to show how difficult it can be to understand how our genes can affect our health, and why it is not always easy to work out a patient’s result from genetic tests. We follow the story of Ben, whose muscles have been getting weaker for a few years. To find out why, Ben has had his genetic code sequenced, and we will walk you through a process by which his results can be analyzed. Through this activity, we will show you that analyzing patients’ genome tests is a bit like interpreting abstract art, in which different people might see and value different things.
- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.3389/frym.2024.1249534
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- Publisher:
- Frontiers Media
- Journal:
- Frontiers for Young Minds More from this journal
- Volume:
- 12
- Article number:
- 1249534
- Publication date:
- 2024-02-08
- Acceptance date:
- 2024-01-15
- DOI:
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2296-6846
- ISSN:
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2296-6846
- Language:
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English
- Pubs id:
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1803433
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pubs:1803433
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2024-03-14
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- Copyright holder:
- Horton et al
- Copyright date:
- 2024
- Rights statement:
- © 2024 Horton, Lyle, Weller, Ballard and Lucassen This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
- Notes:
- This work is related to the thesis ‘What is the result?’ Using facet methodology to explore the construction of results from genomic data.
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- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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