Gene tests:

Your DNA blueprint may disappoint, scientists say

Gene Alert

• The scientists looked at 24 common diseases and found that occasionally the complete genetic blueprint will alert people that they run a risk far higher than others for a certain disease.

Genes We Inherit

• Most diseases arise from a complex mixture of the genes we inherit from our parents at birth— not only what is measured in the whole gene test, but also our lifestyle and environment, and random events such as gene mutations occurring in individual cells in our body later in life.

Latest Results

• Not long ago many investors saw whole gene sequencing as a future gold mine. But these latest results show that the tests are unlikely to make many people wealthy -- or healthy.

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