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| xAdamx |
on Tue 25 Oct 11, 11:20 AM to xAdamx's blog.
A person on another thread talks about dna testing and having it done showing that persons history. Actually this raises an interesting point.
I would like to debate the merits of a data base of the dna gene pool. Do you think a good idea that companies out there (if they don't already ) create a dna data base of humankind. After all collected dna would show past history of a human and potentionally show the possibility of future medical problems within a person, link that with stem cell investigation and possibly you could solve future medical problems.
On the other hand if there was a dna database and it got into the hands of insurance companies. They could look at the dna structure of a person, see the possible future medical problems of that person..say a possible cancer occuring within 20 years and the insurance company possibly decide not to cover you for medical coverage on that basis or will do but of course the insurance cover would expensive.
Eta spelling & additional words to make the sentences clearer.
Edited Tue 25 Oct 11, 3:14 PM by xAdamx
| 25 Oct 11, 11:37 AM Caracal UK(SS), 5 yrs       |
I've volunteered samples to go onto databases see if there are genetic markers for various diseases such as specific types of cancer. I trust the organisation (in this case it was through the NHS) to keep my data anonymised under data protection and therefore away from insurance companies etc who may penalise me for some findings that they would otherwise be unaware of. I do appreciate that by giving away my genetic material for such research, there is an infintesimal chance that it could be misused but that was a chance I am prepared to take in the cause of advancing medical science for the common good. Anyone requesting medical insurance is asked to disclose whether anyone in their family has suffered from a long list of diseases so one is already revealing part of one's genetic make up by these declarations. It's a neither for nor against situation, as medical science becomes more sophisticated, identifying the higher likelihood of developing a disease will enable clinicians to diagnose and treat a condition at an earlier stage but that has to be tempered by the chance that the information could be used against you or your descendants in the future. | |
| 25 Oct 11, 1:21 PM xAdamx UK(SE), 9 yrs |
I had a family member who signed up for free trial medicines and medical treatment to try and halt a cancer growth..at the time she was offered a blank envelope and the names of the trial drugs..( she got to pick a blank envelope ) and was told all intellectual rights from biops were signed over to the medical company providing the medicines.. I won't go into details but after checking the medicine on the internet, the medicines were deemed not a great success in other countries..she had 3 sets of chemo but with out success.. Sorry this is possible a side track from what I was asking..and she did get her free treatment..I'm just concerned that the info they gather from dna will lead to real benefits and not just for profits off the backs of vunerable people who possibly won't be able to afford the insurance cover and medical drugs they may need through dna profiling.. Yours is not to reason why, yours is but to do or cry. Edited 28 Nov 11, 9:54 PM by xAdamx | |
| 25 Oct 11, 1:52 PM Original_Rebel UK(CT), 10 yrs |
This is what will happen.
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| 25 Oct 11, 2:44 PM Reversed 23 mths |
Population based data sets have enormous uses for planning both health and social care on a large scale. However, the smaller the scale, the less useful such data become, as they are not predictors of personal or indeed micro community health. This is not the same as identifying a specific genetic abnormality that either exists in a individual or is known to run in families (such as haemophelia - if your mum had it and you are a male, you will have it, full stop). Lots of learning still going on and, as someone has said on here, insurance companies already gather a huge amount of personal and general health data. At the moment they would be on very thin ice to make assertions about the future health of individuals based solely on genetic data sets. Love is when you kiss all the time. Then when you get tired of kissing, you still want to be together and you talk more. | |
| 5 Dec 11, 1:04 PM xAdamx UK(SE), 9 yrs |
Hmmmm seems the PM wants to make our health/patients data made available to the private sector..lol Cameron must have read my blog..start booking my future insurance policy now methinks. |
