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People like my grandmother who were adopted, and thus didn't know their family history, can now get a genetic analysis done to see if they are more likely to ge
by antipaganda 17y ago
People like my grandmother who were adopted, and thus didn't know their family history, can now get a genetic analysis done to see if they are more likely to get breast cancer, or any of a host of other ailments. Can't get much more practical and day to day than "am I going to get cancer."
- drcode 17y agoThis is a fair response- Though I would point out that none of the companies that do this (including 23andme.com, the one getting all the news) don't do full DNA sequencing and instead use techniques to find genetic markers that predate the human genome project.