ReviewJournal of translational medicine2015
Genetic testing and genomic analysis: a debate on ethical, social and legal issues in the Arab world with a focus on Qatar.
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18 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Awareness and Attitude of the General Population Towards Inherited Hemoglobinopathies in the Premarital Screening Program in the Northern Region of Saudi Arabia.Hematology reports · 2025Article
- Consanguineous Marriage and Its Association With Genetic Disorders in Saudi Arabia: A Review.Cureus · 2024Review
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- International Genetic Testing and Counseling Practices for Parkinson's Disease.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2023Article
- Interventions addressing genetic disease burdens within selected countries in the MENA region: a scoping review.Journal of community genetics · 2023Article
- Assessment of Perceptions and Predictors Towards Consanguinity: A Cross-Sectional Study from Palestine.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2023Article
- The QChip1 knowledgebase and microarray for precision medicine in Qatar.NPJ genomic medicine · 2022Article
- The Special Features of Prenatal and Preimplantation Genetic Counseling in Arab Countries.Genes · 2022Review
- Genetic counseling in the context of Bangladesh: current scenario, challenges, and a framework for genetic service implementation.Orphanet journal of rare diseases · 2021Review
- Willingness to participate in genome testing: a survey of public attitudes from Qatar.Journal of human genetics · 2020Article
- Knowledge and Attitudes of Medical and Health Science Students in the United Arab Emirates toward Genomic Medicine and Pharmacogenomics: A Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of personalized medicine · 2020Article
- Familial/inherited cancer syndrome: a focus on the highly consanguineous Arab population.NPJ genomic medicine · 2020Review
- Implementation of public health genomics in Pakistan.European journal of human genetics : EJHG · 2019Review
- Knowledge, Beliefs, and Attitudes Concerning Genetic Testing Among Young Jordanians.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2019Article
- Accredited genetic testing in the Arab Gulf region: reinventing the wheel.Journal of human genetics · 2016Article
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Abstract
In 2013 both Saudi Arabia and Qatar launched genome projects with the aim of providing information for better diagnosis, treatment and prevention of diseases and, ultimately to realize personalized medicine by sequencing hundred thousands samples. These population based genome activities raise a series of relevant ethical, legal and social issues general, related to the specific population structure as well as to the Islamic perspective on genomic analysis and genetic testing. To contribute to the debate, the Authors after reviewing the existing literature and taking advantage of their professional experience in the field and in the geographic area, discuss and provide their opinions. In particular, the Authors focus on the impact of consanguinity on population structure and disease frequency in the Arab world, on genetic testing and genomic analysis (i.e. technical aspects, impact, etc.) and on their regulations. A comparison between the Islamic perspective and the ethical, social and legal issues raised in other population contexts is also carried. In conclusion, this opinion article with an up-to-date contribution to the discussion on the relevance and impact of genomic analysis and genetic testing in the Arab world, might help in producing specific national guidelines on genetic testing and genomic analysis and help accelerate the implementation and roll out of genome projects in Muslim countries and more specifically in Qatar, and other countries of the Gulf.
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