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Biomarkers hold considerable promise for personalized medicine in risk prediction, disease staging, and tailoring treatments. The increased popularity of ancestry test kits such as “23andMe” suggests that the general public is becoming more comfortable with genetic testing. However, many are unfamiliar with the use of biomarker testing. Diane C. Gooding, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Psychology and Department of Medicine, will briefly define biomarkers, their purpose, and overall usefulness in clinical and research domains and then discuss the findings from a recent survey of over 1600 adult participants from the Understanding Biomarker and Genetic Alzheimer's disease and Schizophrenia Research (UBIGR) Study (Gooding and Gleason, co-PIs). In the UBIGR Study, participants were asked to share their views about potential biomarker testing for Alzheimer’s disease. We examined reasons for willingness and reluctance to be tested for Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers. Finally, we considered anticipated reactions to learning the results of biomarker testing. The study findings may have personal implications for the general audience members as well as implications for clinicians and researchers.
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Lesley Fisher (lesley.fisher@wisc.edu)
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