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Genetics ftw. I firmly believe that consumer genetic tests, self-order lab tests, and overseas pharmacies will disrupt the corrupt healthcare system because the
by tediousdemise 5y ago
Genetics ftw. I firmly believe that consumer genetic tests, self-order lab tests, and overseas pharmacies will disrupt the corrupt healthcare system because they empower patients to treat themselves instead of resorting to conventional medicine where Big Pharma, insurance companies, and overpaid doctors gatekeep access to treatment.
For 100 dollars, you can obtain a full copy of your genome from a service like 23andMe and run it across a parsing tool such as https://www.codegen.eu https://www.codegen.eu to find genetic predispositions to all kinds of medical maladies. I found numerous bad SNPs in my genetic data that I correlated to confirmed family cases. I also discovered genes I have that reduce my response to certain pharmaceuticals or cause harmful reactions. Why take a risky shotgun approach when you can know in advance if something will or will not work for you?
It's literally like looking into a crystal ball of ailments that are plaguing you now or in the future. Forget about bouncing around from specialist to specialist for years and years; read your genome to get the answers you seek today. It's your source code.
- xyst 5y agoThis. The days of going to a hospital where you might acquire a nosocomial infection (ie, "super bugs" like MRSA, VRSA) will be long gone. We thought robotic automation might be the job killer for healthcare, but it's really democratized gene therapies. Prevention will be the key, rather than reacting.