Baseball Bioethics

Why? Because baseball's impresarios want to check whether he is really 1 6. The news could tear the player's family apart. Since GINA has not come into effect yet, it is unclear whether it will be against US law to do genetic testing on prospective employees who are not US citizens.

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Published in:Australasian science 2009-10, Vol.30 (9), p.47
Format: Magazinearticle
Language:English
Subjects:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Athletes
Athletic recruitment
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act 2008-US
Genetic testing
Genetics
Team Sports
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Summary:Why? Because baseball's impresarios want to check whether he is really 1 6. The news could tear the player's family apart. Since GINA has not come into effect yet, it is unclear whether it will be against US law to do genetic testing on prospective employees who are not US citizens.
ISSN:1442-679X