Not only can consumers handle their personal genetic information, but they are getting genomically oriented and anchored about such data.
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We all want our genetic information. Why would you not want genetic information?
As the knowledge around personalized medicine continues to grow, consumers should expect their healthcare providers to begin to incorporate genetic information into their treatments and preventative care.
I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn. One of the things we try to do is educate individuals that knowing information is empowering.
Genetics is about how information is stored and transmitted between generations.
I think there's a lot of misunderstanding about genetic information and what you can and cannot learn.
Like the early days of the Internet, the dawn of personal genomics promises benefits and pitfalls that no one can foresee.
It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.
The information encoded in your DNA determines your unique biological characteristics, such as sex, eye color, age and Social Security number.
Genes that underlie the capacity to receive, use and transmit information are the evolving properties.
The fact is that proprietary databases don't work for such basic and broadly needed information as the sequence of the human genome.