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PubMed, the internet portal of biomedical and life sciences literature, indexed an interesting study, entitled “The quality of media reports on discoveries related to human genetic diseases“ (Community Genet. 2005;8(3):133-44). Authors of the study are Holtzman NA , Bernhardt BA, Mountcastle-Shah E, et al. from the Institute of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Md., USA. The objectives were to examine the quality of media reports (newspapers, television and public radio) of genetic discoveries with medical relevance and factors, related to the completeness and balance of the stories. To access the abstract, click here.