Word: pretest
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...that people with even a single copy of it are invariably doomed to a lingering, unpleasant death from an illness that is as yet incurable. This also means that the test results will sound either a death sentence or a reprieve--a fact that must be made clear during pretest counseling, says Nancy Wexler, the Columbia University clinical psychologist whose research led to the discovery of the Huntington's gene. Because of their decision to take the test, she says, some 50,000 Americans are living without symptoms but with the dismaying knowledge that they have the Huntington's gene...