Friday, May 20, 2016

Personalized genomics: Do you want to know?

As of now scientists are able to read your entire genetic code knowing this you are able to know what kind of diseases you could develop. 

Knowing this would you pay to see your entire genetic code to see what kind of diseases you could have in the future even if it is a diseases that you can not stop from developing like Huntington disease or Alzheimers? 

This can also revolutionize medicine because the genetic code shows us how it develops and by seeing this chance we can prevent the gene and prevent it from changing.

not only can this be a very useful tool but it can run insurance companies out of business because we can get paid for a disease we don't really have yet and their is a slight possibility of not having the disease because as of know we can't tell the exact time it is going to develop.

but also seeing your genetic code can change the way you treat yourself for something like cancer and this can also lead a person to live in fear because of the possibility that you could get the disease, if it is a disease that runs in the family you will have a choice to have kids or not knowing that they have a chance to get the disease.

this can also ruin peoples lives because their can be people who steal your DNA from just a sample of saliva you leave by drinking or eating anything at a restaurant and if you decide to run for anything  political they can use any deficiency that you may have in the future.

knowing all this information I ask this again would you really want to know your genetic code?




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