Know your DNA spit kit and its impact

As the new start up in Sandiego announced the kit to be released to market for testing your DNA and speculating the risks of getting heart diseases , diabetes , cancer , cancer and various other drug reactions. The kit costs 20 to 30 US dollars and easy to use as claimed by the biotech company. If this works out this would be a breakthrough in early detection and would lead to the early intervention and control for limiting the predisposing factors.

The start up kits is meant to collect sputum and then send that to the laboratory where it is tested for the DNA. The kit contains kit to collect saliva and a prepaid system of courier service to send the collected sample. The user can activate an account on company's website online and the report generated by the lab can be accessed by the user online . To be noted , these kind of facility for test of pregnancy , paternity test cholesterol and blood sugar existed earlier, but the genomic test will open up a new arena altogether, opening up a new sphere of control and management of the non communicable diseases which pose a big threat to the society in coming years. The validation by regulatory authorities are a concern.

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Knowing predisposing conditions might lead to moral concerns about marriages, childbirth,effect on mental health , inheritance and several other social , financial and business decisions. It is highly complicated process and can trigger a social stigma without proper counselling.