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personal genetics education project

personal genetics education project. How did she make her decision to be tested? How did she feel before and after the test? How did her results change her behavior and plans for the future? Who else was impacted by her decision to be tested?. “Life With a Lethal Gene”

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  1. personal genetics educationproject • How did she make her decision to be tested? • How did she feel before and after the test? • How did her results change her behavior and plans for the future? • Who else was impacted by her decision to be tested? “Life With a Lethal Gene” New York Times, March 18, 2007

  2. personal genetics educationproject Not HD affected HD affected How is Huntington’s Disease inherited? HD allele Non-HD allele Not HD affected HD affected

  3. 20th century 21st century 19th century (Flemming, 1882) Where is genetics headed?

  4. personal genetics educationproject • Human Genome Project: 13 years, 2.7 billion • Nobel Laureate James Watson: 2 years, 2 million • 23andMe, Navigenics: A “genome scan” • (SNP analysis, $400-2,000, results in a few weeks) • Knome, a full genome sequence, starting at $99,000 • Personal genome sequence: A Human Genome Project • performed on YOU: • Goal: 1-5 years, under $1000 Genome sequencing: Past, Present, Future

  5. personal genetics educationproject • Predictive testing: Am I at risk for a genetic disease? • Carrier testing: Might I pass on a genetic mutation to a potential child? • Prenatal testing: What can I learn about the genetic profile of my fetus? • Diagnostic testing: Does my disease have a genetic basis? Why do people traditionally get genetic testing?

  6. Ideas for more tests and interventions if I learn I’m at risk • To find the right drugs, in the right doses, for my conditions • Motivation to my change habits • Might reveal details of my family tree and genealogy • Planning for my long term medical and financial needs • I am an early adopter and information altruist • I want to use my genome as a social networking tool • To inform my reproductive decisions personal genetics educationproject Why personal genome sequencing?

  7. personal genetics educationproject An example of targeted treatments: Pharmacogenomics Image from: Erasmus MC at University Medical Center Rotterdam via Journal of Young Investigators http://www.jyi.org/articleimages/1047/originals/img3.jpg

  8. personal genetics educationproject What are the privacy concerns for individual and families? How much should we fear discrimination at work and with insurance? How far ahead is the technology of its clinical usefulness? Will fair weight given to environmental & social factors? How can we ensure access for all who want to be sequenced? What surprises and secrets might be revealed? How realistic are promises of anonymity? Personal genomes: what are the challenges?

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