With genetic testing for disease risk and athletic ability available to consumers online, genetic testing can only tell so much about their inherited genes. Clearly not everyone develops characteristics they are at genetic risk for. So should be concerning ourselves with such tests? Do we concern ourselves with treating diseases and conditions we don't have now? We see that Dr. Kathiresan does not often recommend genetic testing to patients and can give clinical recommendations without these tests. When do we draw the line of benefiting from this technology and using it for unneeded purposes?
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Sunday, March 6, 2011
Recreational Genomics
With genetic testing for disease risk and athletic ability available to consumers online, genetic testing can only tell so much about their inherited genes. Clearly not everyone develops characteristics they are at genetic risk for. So should be concerning ourselves with such tests? Do we concern ourselves with treating diseases and conditions we don't have now? We see that Dr. Kathiresan does not often recommend genetic testing to patients and can give clinical recommendations without these tests. When do we draw the line of benefiting from this technology and using it for unneeded purposes?
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