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Soon it will be a sin of parents to have a child that carries the heavy burden of genetic disease. We are entering a world where we have to consider the quality of our children.

If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.

The goal of getting your genome done is not to tell you what you will die from, but it's how to learn how to take action to prevent disease.

It is important to democratize personal genetics and make it more accessible.

I suspect any worries about genetic engineering may be unnecessary. Genetic mutations have always happened naturally, anyway.

I've come to the conclusion that you shouldn't have to see a genetic counselor. It should be a choice.

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.

Accuracy in the genetic field will be essential. Errors in testing could be disastrous.

I think it's the most responsible thing you can do, to have kids. It's not something to be taken lightly. I don't have that gene that people have to replicate.