Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Every child in Britain could have their DNA decoded at birth by the NHS to predict their risk of disease, the Health Secretary has predicted.
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, wants Britain to become the first country in the world to routinely sequence people’s genomes to form part of their health records.
The information can then be used through out their lives to help doctors recommend lifestyle changes and treatments to enable patients to stay healthy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10501788/Children-could-have-DNA-tested-at-birth.html
Probably so he can sell the information to the insurance companies...🙄 Has he heard of epigenetics? Talk about Big Brother! 😱
Jeremy Hunt, the Health Secretary, wants Britain to become the first country in the world to routinely sequence people’s genomes to form part of their health records.
The information can then be used through out their lives to help doctors recommend lifestyle changes and treatments to enable patients to stay healthy.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/10501788/Children-could-have-DNA-tested-at-birth.html
Probably so he can sell the information to the insurance companies...🙄 Has he heard of epigenetics? Talk about Big Brother! 😱