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America Dissected

Scientists Argue that this Genetic Test’s Results are “no better than a coin flip.” The FDA approved it anyway.

America Dissected

Incision Media LLC

Politics, News, Society & Culture

4.64.4K Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Summary

Recently, the FDA approved a genetic test for opioid use disorder despite clear opposition from scientists and the FDA advisory panel that had reviewed the evidence. The case demonstrates the space where Pharma’s incentive may drive innovation that may not help–or worse, cause harm. Abdul reflects on how genetic essentialism and the wrong incentives can reinforce each other. Than he speaks with Dr. Elizabeth Joniak-Grant, a sociologist and patient advocate who voted against the genetic test. This show would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors. America Dissected invites you to check them out. This episode was brought to you by: Marguerite Casey Foundation invites you to sign up for their new Summer School program at caseygrants.org/summerschool. Henson Shaving invites you to find the razor that will last you a lifetime. Go to https://hensonshaving.com and enter AD at checkout to get 100 free blades with your purchase. (Note: you must add both the 100-blade pack and the razor for the discount to apply.) Blueland invites you to celebrate Plastic Free July with up to 25% off your Blueland order. Go to Blueland.com/america now for your special limited time offer.

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Let's be honest, while some folks worry about the threat of fascism in the United States,

0:04.0

many already live through it. Across the country, organizers are being labeled terrorists

0:09.0

for fighting for the sanctity of life in Palestine, the health of our planet at Standing Rock, and fighting against the expansion of the prison industrial complex at Kop City.

0:18.0

The stakes could not be higher, and those who care about freedom, especially funders, need to understand the history of how we got here and the

0:24.1

role we can play in helping fuel multiracial coalitions that can fight the forces of fascism.

0:28.7

Be part of the solution.

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Register now to join Marguerite Casey Foundation's summer school, building a people and planet-centered future.

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Together, summer school participants will hear from visionary organizers, activist scholars, and

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focused on the well-being of people and the planet. Sign up today to join Marguerite Casey Foundation summer school at K KC grants..org, slash Summer School.

0:52.7

That's C-A-S-E-Y-G-R-A-N-T-S-org

0:56.0

slash Summer School. political violence rocks the 2024 election as Donald Trump survives an assassination attempt.

1:11.0

The Senate Health Education Labor and Pensions Committee held a

1:13.8

hearing on medical debt last week in which your host testified as H5N1 continues to

1:19.4

spread the capital. The state of Delaware moves to legalize unpasterated milk.

1:23.0

This is America DeSectad. I'm your host, Dr. Rob de Wall State.

1:26.0

I remember sitting in my 12th grade biology class when I learned that the human genome

1:36.4

had been fully mapped. Even better, one of the leading scientists involved in the

1:40.0

project Dr Francis Collins was a Michigander. Finally, we would be able to unlock the quote

1:45.4

gene 4, this and that disease. But it was never going to be that easy. As we've come to understand in

1:51.5

the ensuing three decades, most diseases, if genetic at all, have very complex genetic undertones.

1:57.0

While diseases like cystic fibrosis, a brutal lung disease or sickle cell disease in which malformed red blood cells wreak havoc throughout the body

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