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Gene Mapping: Predicting Your Future Health
California Family Becomes First to Map Whole Genome for Non-Medical Reasons
6 comments By LARA SALAHI and GITIKA AHUJA
June 3, 2010
Imagine for a moment that you were offered the chance to know every gene mutation that you and your family have in your DNA. Three billion bits of data, made up of four powerful letters -- A, T, C and G -- arranged in a sequence can offer you the map to your entire genome.
Genome sequencing may reveal risk of a particular disease.Knowing this sequence could potentially mean that you might know many of the diseases you could face during your lifetime.
Would you really want to know?
John and Judy West of Cupertino, Calif., did.
John and Judy West, both 53, and their children, Anne, 17, and Paul, 14, paid almost $200,000 to have their entire genetic code read by the sequencing company Illumina.
The family of four became the first in which every member's genome has been sequenced for non-medical reasons. They say they hope to advance science and unlock personal medical information that will lead them to healthier lives.
"We do view ourselves pioneers," said daughter Anne West.
Gene Mapping: Predicting Your Future Health
California Family Becomes First to Map Whole Genome for Non-Medical Reasons
6 comments By LARA SALAHI and GITIKA AHUJA
June 3, 2010
Imagine for a moment that you were offered the chance to know every gene mutation that you and your family have in your DNA. Three billion bits of data, made up of four powerful letters -- A, T, C and G -- arranged in a sequence can offer you the map to your entire genome.
Genome sequencing may reveal risk of a particular disease.Knowing this sequence could potentially mean that you might know many of the diseases you could face during your lifetime.
Would you really want to know?
John and Judy West of Cupertino, Calif., did.
John and Judy West, both 53, and their children, Anne, 17, and Paul, 14, paid almost $200,000 to have their entire genetic code read by the sequencing company Illumina.
The family of four became the first in which every member's genome has been sequenced for non-medical reasons. They say they hope to advance science and unlock personal medical information that will lead them to healthier lives.
"We do view ourselves pioneers," said daughter Anne West.
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