A UNIQUE project allowing people to see how their medical future could be determined by their genes is to be launched next week.
The University of Central Lancashire and Manchester Children's Hospitals NHS Trust will open a Gene Shop at Manchester Airport's Terminal 2.
The shop will offer members of the public the opportunity to find out more about genetics, genetic screening and genetic diseases such as haemophilia.
It will be staffed by the Trust's genetics department under Dr Maurice Super, head of the Trust's Regional Genetics Service.
Dr Super said: "There is a great deal of interest in advances in genetics, tinged with some fear.
"The shop will allow people to explore many issues, contributing to a balanced view based on greater understanding.
The shop is being opened as part of a European-wide project on the ethics of genetic screening, co-ordinated by Professor Ruth Chadwick, head of the UCLa's Centre for Professional Ethics.
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