As we become more comfortable with at-home DNA tests and allowing companies to assess our biological makeup, the market will undoubtedly grow and vast amounts of information will be shared – including selling your data to 3rd parties. Before you mail in that DNA sample, you need to know these facts.
, implying a person has something when in reality they do not. Results can also produce false negatives, implying a person does not have something when in fact they do.
5. We know smoking and obesity kill millions of Americans each year, and yet those behaviors persist. Thus, many believe few will change personal behavior based on DNA test results. Although, findings coupled with personal choices and belief systems could alter the way some individuals, families and communities prepare for disease. But what behavior will certainly change, is how insurance companies, care providers and employers provide and pay for care based on results.
, which prevents an employer or health insurer from discriminating against Americans based on genetic information.23andMe partnered with GlaxoSmithKline 9. The obvious goal of genetic test companies partnering with pharma is drug R&D and drug targeting to specific individuals. But with many not knowing that their spit sample or blood test results are being sold to third-parties for large sums of money and targeting, privacy issues are certain to mount in the coming years as disease knowledge gets more accurate and more serious.
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