1.0Harvard Gazettehttps://news.harvard.edu/gazettegazetteimporthttps://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/author/gazetteimport/Survey: 80% assent to genetic testing — Harvard Gazetterich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Sfb5jHdRe2"><a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/09/survey-80-assent-to-genetic-testing/">Survey: 80% assent to genetic testing</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2001/09/survey-80-assent-to-genetic-testing/embed/#?secret=Sfb5jHdRe2" width="600" height="338" title="“Survey: 80% assent to genetic testing” — Harvard Gazette" data-secret="Sfb5jHdRe2" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script>
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Approximately 80 percent of adults responding to a random telephone survey would be willing to take a test to determine if they are genetically predisposed to developing Alzheimers disease if they were sure the test was accurate. But willingness to take the test falls to 45 percent if the test has a one in 10 chance of being wrong.