DNA testing of family .Experts believe that more harm than good

In the United States, there are now many people are keen on their own DNA testing. This test is very simple, only to spend much of the money will be able to know that they may be suffering from some kind of genetic disease risk, but some medical experts on DNA testing that worried about the trend of the spread.

Huolihaji this year, 51-year-old, her mother is an Alzheimer's disease patients, Holly hopes to know whether a genetic test will also suffer from the same disease. So Holly recently spent 2,500 dollars to buy a home DNA test, the statement indicated that the device can detect 19 kinds of suffering from genetic disease risk.

After testing, Holly found himself suffering from Alzheimer's disease is the possibility of 30%. Holly said she felt a better understanding of their own, and now she intends to resign from the sale of the work to become a nurse. The decision, to some extent, DNA testing is done to help her.

However, DNA testing has led to great controversy. Medicine is a family advocate for DNA testing, simple test equipment that can help people find potential disease threats. But scientists do not agree with this practice, first of all, the reliability of test results aside, it is possible the results of those tests would have a negative impact on sentiment; more importantly, DNA testing is likely to trigger a series of medical Ethical issues, such as DNA may be discriminated against, and so on, must be careful.