Comments on: Personalized Genetics: It’s getting interesting

By: Bertalan Meskó

Bertalan Meskó — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 08:15:28 +0000

YS: By being open to this new world of medicine and by writing about it on our blogs as long as we cannot study it in medical school.

By: carolinamaine

carolinamaine — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 23:03:46 +0000

Actually, I don’t think of it with a smile on my face.
Why?
Health Insurance Companies–Good Ones even–who don’t want to pay even after a pre-existing condition arises. Imagine what will happen during the interim when a person is tagged with a genetic predisposition.

Also, with the genetic variation tests available-one may have only a 30%-80% chance of developing a condition.

What happens when a doctor treats one genetic variation that may lead to the activation of another situation; for instance, tumor growth?

My point is: Medicine will never become exact–even if a human being is perfectly mapped out. Why? Quirks in chemistry, physics,environment, and personal habits–will collide.

Nice looking blog though–good titles.

My blog: http://prodosi.wordpress.com/

By: Y.S.

Y.S. — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 07:26:15 +0000

And how do you think medical students can make this happen??

By: frozenmangos

frozenmangos — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 19:45:52 +0000

I am disappointed in the progress medicine has made. I feel that we are too busy treating symptoms and not researching problems.

By: cariaso

cariaso — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 00:41:40 +0000

Steve will be delighted to know that they have been testing and charging for it. rs1051730 is tested by deCODEme and 23andMe. It is part of Illumina's standard collection, and has been for a while. This is probably part of why the discovery was made.