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Chunk #1 — Introduction

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The Promise and Peril of Genetics.
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speed and scale at which gene discovery would advance and characterize the recent history of the field. The past decade has been witness to the formation of international consortia consisting of hundreds of scientists, scanning millions of genomes to collaboratively advance gene identification. It has been characterized by the launch of the precision medicine initiative (Collins & Varmus, 2015), and rapid escalation in direct-to-consumer genetic testing (Folkersen et al., 2020).