What is Genetic Testing? According to the National Human Genome Research Institute, Genetic testing "uses laboratory methods to look at your genes, which are the DNA instructions you inherit from your mother and your father. Genetic testing may be used to identify increased risk of health problems, to choose a treatment, or to assess responses to treatments." Genetic testing shouldn't be done. Genetic testing is complicated and arduous for people to cope with and companies don't really care what a person does with the information. Genetic testing is emotionally hard, financially hard, and there is only so much genetic testing can do and find. Through these three things, Genetic testing is able to be seen as being a deficiency to society. Firstly,
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In an article from the National Human Genome states, "Genetic testing cannot tell you everything about inherited diseases. For example, a positive result does not always mean you will establish a disease, and it is arduous to predict how severe symptoms may be. Geneticists and genetic counselors can talk more specifically about what a particular test will or will not tell you, and can help you decide whether to undergo testing."(Drawbacks of genetic Testing) This shows that genetic tests aren't always precise all the time. Since they aren't always precise, they can and will petrify people for no apparent reason. In an article by the U.S. National Library of Medication it talks about the drawbacks of Genetic Testing. The article states, "The test often can't determine if a person will show symptoms of a disorder, how severe the symptoms will be, or whether the disorder will progress over time. Another major limitation is the lack of treatment strategies for many genetic disorders once they are diagnosed."(What are the risks and limitations of Genetic Testing) Many disorders that are diagnosed early in life, don't have a panacea or a treatment. This is a huge limitation because it doesn't help a person to know that they have a disease that they can't get rid of. In an article written by Know Your Genes they explain the limitations of Genetic testing. They state, "No test is 100% definitive. Accuracy is
In an article from the National Human Genome states, "Genetic testing cannot tell you everything about inherited diseases. For example, a positive result does not always mean you will establish a disease, and it is arduous to predict how severe symptoms may be. Geneticists and genetic counselors can talk more specifically about what a particular test will or will not tell you, and can help you decide whether to undergo testing."(Drawbacks of genetic Testing) This shows that genetic tests aren't always precise all the time. Since they aren't always precise, they can and will petrify people for no apparent reason. In an article by the U.S. National Library of Medication it talks about the drawbacks of Genetic Testing. The article states, "The test often can't determine if a person will show symptoms of a disorder, how severe the symptoms will be, or whether the disorder will progress over time. Another major limitation is the lack of treatment strategies for many genetic disorders once they are diagnosed."(What are the risks and limitations of Genetic Testing) Many disorders that are diagnosed early in life, don't have a panacea or a treatment. This is a huge limitation because it doesn't help a person to know that they have a disease that they can't get rid of. In an article written by Know Your Genes they explain the limitations of Genetic testing. They state, "No test is 100% definitive. Accuracy is