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Gene testing is now widely available to help detect inherited conditions. But what about screening tests offered by private clinics that claim to assess everything from a person's risk of developing osteoporosis to their odds of dying prematurely from a stroke or heart attack? Dr Mark Porter asks how useful these tests are and whethertheir becoming widespread could create a genetic underclass.
Producer Helen Sharp Repeated tomorrow at 4.30pm

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Dr Mark Porter
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