Yes, you should get your DNA sequenced
The completion of the Human Genome Project was a great advance for medical research. Personal genome sequencing assesses the status of all of your genes at one time. This assessment would include genes that have been implicated in causing disease, but also genes that are not yet well understood, and other parts of your genetic makeup that may have some unknown influence on your health. Ultimately, the application of genomic information could enhance the ability to make informed and appropriate ...
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Apr 5, 2009
It's interesting - it's like reading your own source code. Finding out the detailed risk factors for certain diseases is eye-opening.
It's really not as scary as people think it might be.
Generally the studies are done on white people, so people of less common or mixed-races people suffer some inaccuracy.
You'll want to buy it for all your family to map your heritage out further.
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Apr 4, 2009
23and3 me is only $399, might know about genetic predisposition to certain conditions to take lifestyle precautions
Might be at risk of denial of coverage if an insurance company finds out
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Apr 4, 2009
Knowing your ancestry, knowing risks for various diseases/cancer, 'gee-whiz' factor.
Knowing you may develop some disease or could pass it on to your children.
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Jun 16, 2009
Grandfather, father died of Alzheimer's. Want to know if I'm more likely to develop it so I can start planning now.
Fear disclosure to employers or insurance companies.
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Jun 18, 2009
Knowing where you came from, knowing if you might have anything wrong with you, knowing you might be able to be the target of life changing medicine.
Knowing your fatality, knowing your personal history.
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Jun 18, 2009
Knowing about ancestry and possibility for genetic disease.
Could no longer be 'private' information.
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Apr 4, 2009
If you have a gene for a genetic disorder, you should know whether it will be passed on to your kids.
Expensive possibly, and if it's a recessive gene your partner should get tested too, and can you both stay together if you find out you have a bad gene combination?
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Sep 19, 2009
Being adopted I'm very interested in getting my DNA sequenced.
Although I'd be willing to take the risk, the privacy issues are a little troubling
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Apr 3, 2009
knowing
knowing
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Apr 4, 2009
know yourself better
if we end up like the movie Gattaca
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Jun 19, 2009
contributing to an exciting new field of science which will completely change the world within 50 years
future policy changes and genetic discoveries could mean my DNA ends up working against me
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Apr 4, 2009
It's a little like knowing the future.
You might not want to know. :/
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Jun 20, 2009
Knowledge is never wasted, especially when the time comes to make decisions
It reduces you to a set of A's, G's, C's and T's. Also has less to do with you as a person than most people think.
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Jun 15, 2009
My dad just died from Lou Gherig's Disease at 57 years old after a 5 month battle with it and I would like to know if i run a risk.
None.
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Jun 18, 2009
Knowing and being able to be proactive in reducing the triggers of any avoidable diseases.
You must disclose this information to your insurance company and as a result may not be able to get affordable insurance for diseases you're likely to develop.
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Apr 14, 2009
Know whats coming
Not being able to do anything about it
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Sep 14, 2009
Knowing if you have a disease that you did not know of and if it will affect your children and so on
I don't want a stranger knowing what things could, like harm me
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Sep 26, 2008
i don't like the risk of any stranger being able to know my most private info
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Apr 6, 2009
"Definitely consider" seems like it's still a questions, no? By engaging in answering the question, doesn't that count as considering already?
Most of the personal genetics services available aren't actually contributing this information to the 'greater body' of genetic information for science.
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Jun 24, 2009
It's sort of fun.
So little is known about DNA and disease that sequencing is of little value. And "junk DNA," which is more important than most scientists realize, is not sequenced.
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Apr 7, 2009
The future of a target medicine.
Maybe it's still too much expensive and not sure.
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Jun 18, 2009
haveing an oppertunity to change your own existance
not being able to get off once your sequenced,
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Jun 24, 2009
If your insurance company gets it, they'll list your illnesses in the national insurance database, and all insurance co will know about them (is against the law for ins cos to talk about the database)
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Apr 3, 2009
You'd know exactly where you came from.
What if it's monkeys?
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Jun 18, 2009
Knowing what my exact racial background is. Family thinks we have a lot of Native American ancestors, but I don't.
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