Genetic Testing: DNA Tests Go Direct To Consumer?
medical, sales, recruiter, laboratory, genetic, testing, DNA
Here’s a fascinating article and commentary about the current situation and future possibilities of personal genetic testing: specifically about companies like 23andMe, and generally about ethics, effectiveness, and who should be in charge. There’s a strong sentiment for keeping DNA testing in the hands of medical professionals to avoid unreliable results and mass hysteria, but there’s an equally compelling argument for educating the consumer/patient with as much information as possible, creating more room for self-advocacy.
My personal opinion: It’s a great business opportunity to provide personal genetic testing to those individuals who are interested in it. I know I’m interested in it. I want access to any test that is available and I can afford without insurance companies or government acting as gatekeeper. (There’s the privacy factor, too.) I don’t think that one test (either a self-test by a consumer or a lab-run test) is infallible, so I think that questionable results would warrant further investigation with a medical team–which means that I don’t think it’s an encroachment on clinical diagnostics or the laboratory field. The average consumer isn’t capable of making their own diagnosis based on one of these tests, but I do think that any education about DNA testing and what it might offer us in the future is a good thing.
What do you think?
Written by Peggy McKee - the medical sales recruiter
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