Comments on: DNA Testing Can Ruin Your Life Forever

By: Ross

Ross — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 00:47:57 +0000

Lee, the birth mother is a fraud, he is not the father and the birth mother lies, some people will just not admit their fraud and will continue to lie until death.

By: lee dallman

lee dallman — Sat, 31 May 2008 15:53:57 +0000

my husband is 67. we have search for his birth daughter fo 22 years. she is 44. we found her, and her request did a dna test between her and her birth father. came back that he was not her father. another one was done between birth father, birth mother and child. it came back that he is not the father. there are so many things that say he is her father. the birth mother swears he is the father.the daughter had many fertility drugs and my husband had intense transfusions years ago. your help would be greatly appreciated. my husband is having a very hard time with this, and needs some answers. thank you

By: Personalized Genetics: The User Aspect « ScienceRoll

Personalized Genetics: The User Aspect « ScienceRoll — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 22:33:20 +0000

[...] Hsien at Eye on DNA had an important message for us: Do not trust any genetic testing company that does not make it clear what genetic variants they are analyzing. Never let anyone take your DNA unless they are clear about what they plan to do with it, what information they will give you from the analysis, and what they’ll do with the DNA after all the testing is complete. You are the consumer. You have the right to choose and the right to say no. [...]

By: DNA Direct Talk » Blog Archive » The Gene Genie: Yes, But What About Me?

Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:52:00 +0000

[...] That’s the 24-hour question, isn’t it? As always, Hsien manages to provide useful, interesting info for the curious as well as the scientist, with tongue still planted firmly in cheek: DNA Testing Can Ruin Your Life Forever. [...]

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:48:08 +0000

Always the positive thinker. Bravo!

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:47:46 +0000

David, Come back and leave a link when it’s up!

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:47:35 +0000

> All of us carry genetic mutations that will increase > the risk of disease in our offspring.

Equally true, some of us carry genetic mutations that will reduce the risk of disease in our offspring…isn’t that putatively the linchpin of natural selection?

By: David Bradley

David Bradley — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:45:10 +0000

Funny you should say that Hsien, Monday’s Sciencebase post is “Seven Deadly Sins for Scientists” in which I come up with a few suggestions for salvation, or solvation, as the case may be.

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:32:31 +0000

David, You are starting to see sin wherever you go….

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 10:31:55 +0000

Nathaniel, All of us carry genetic mutations that will increase the risk of disease in our offspring. The question is, what’s the threshold of acceptable risk?

As for nutrigenomics, the conflict of interest comes from those who do testing AND sell vitamins. Those companies are between a rock and a hard place.