As personal genetic testing takes off, some worry that marketing is getting ahead of science.
Comment: I can't help but to feel a bit amused by the fact that there may privacy-minded individuals out there who would NEVER voluntarily give a set of their fingerprints to some corporation that they'd only recently learned existed, a corporation based in some farway city in another state, BUT, some of these very same individuals will eagerly turn over a sample of their DNA to such a corporation.
Comment: As long as the FDA does not step up to the plate and regulate this area we will have confusion. Unfortunately now all that we have is a confused FDA. The FDA is too afraid of the way the political winds are blowing: if Republican genetic counseling leading to abortion is an issue, if Democrat availability of information leading to denial of insurance benefits is another. In the interim, substandard tests will proliferate and people will be ripped off. It's inevitable.
Comment: Businesses are definately going to push these genetic test because it is a quick way to obtain a large amount of money. I don't believe that these businesses should be marketing these test like they are because nobody really knows how reliable the test actually are. I think that it is an ingenious idea because all you have to do is spit in a tube, but more research needs to be conducted before people start using these test on a large scale.
Comment: Businesses are definately going to push these genetic test because it is a quick way to obtain a large amount of money. I don't believe that these businesses should be marketing these test like they are because nobody really knows how reliable the test actually are. I think that it is an ingenious idea because all you have to do is spit in a tube, but more research needs to be conducted before people start using these test on a large scale.
Comment: There's another company actually doing whole-genome sequencing (as opposed chip scans) called www.knome.com. It costs 350,000 and you actually get your entire sequenced genome on a "portable digital storage device" probably a USB drive or a couple of discs... I never thought I'd see this in my lifetime and its a lot of fun to watch! If I could afford it, I think I'd do it.... Re: Burbank's comment, I'd love to know whether I had Rupert Murdoch's gene's (still talks to his 100 year old mother every day) or my deceased dad's genes...... I can guess, but I think the knowledge could be empowering (and motivating if a heart attack was in my future)...
Comment: There's a company doing whole-genome sequencing (as opposed to these chip scans) called www.knome.com. They charge 350,000 dollars and you actually get your own sequenced genome on a "portable digital storage device" probably a USB drive or set of storage discs. I could afford this, I'd probably do it.
Comment: If there is a buck to be made, then the market will find a medium to make it. Profit at the expence of ones soul. All this excitement over this wave of genetic fingreprinting that will enable (for a price), an individual to see into a genetic crystal ball as it were is just a bunch of futuristic smoke and mirrors. And what will we glean from this genetic revelation? That we harbor some genetic fluke that has the propensity to create within us some incurable disease? Whats the point in that? Better to use that funding to facilitate the research that will identify the genetic markers that will cure a particular disease rather than use it as a marketing ploy that does nothing but line the pockets of genetic savants.
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