Prof. Wolf Quoted in New York Times on Genetic Researchers Disclosing Unexpected Findings

Professor Susan Wolf was quoted in a New York Times article entitled "Genes Now Tell Doctors Secrets They Can't Utter." The article discusses the debate now raging over whether researchers should offer back to individual research participants unexpected findings of potential health importance. This debate over return of research results and incidental findings has been pioneered by the Consortium on Law and Values in Health, Environment & the Life Sciences. In a series of NIH-funded projects based at the Consortium and led by Wolf, national experts have mapped the issues and published groundbreaking recommendations. In the article, NIH Director Francis Collins calls this debate "one of the thorniest current challenges in clinical research."