ANALYZING YOUR DNA

HAVE YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT KINDS OF DISEASES YOU HAVE THE CHANCE TO HAVE, OR blablabla

I was shocked when I have red that there are more than 26 million people who have already done professional genotyping test at a popular company, while I have never even heard about this methode to learn more about yourself.

SO, WHAT ACTUALLY GENOTYPING IS? Genotyping is a process which identifies differences in the DNA sequence of a sample. Researchers and professional companies(e.g. 23andMe) try to find the variations (e.g. SNPs, if you do not know what SNPs are just read our Introduction post) in each invidual’s genome to learn more about genetics and to determine one’s charateristics, possible diseases and so.

Nowadays, genotyping is getting more and more popularity due to the fact that people would like to learn more about themselves,their potential diseases and ancestry. You can find many emotional stories in the internet where people could find their unknown relatives through these companies, which can make us absolutely believe that these tests are totally succesful,precised and that we give our data to trustworthy firms.

BUT

that is not always the case. There are plenty of articles written about the problems which costumers are not often able to see behind these companies and tests.

• PRIVACY PROBLEMS There has been many issues in the topic of the privacy of the consumers. We can find only pretty loose laws, and here can be many hackings as well. The problem is that even though perhaps BLABLABLA -HELP?MONEY. Some companies offer to the consumers the opportunity to decide what they would like to do with their data,

#Author: KATA