Those who enjoy speculating on the future of science were once predicting that DNA sequencing will become so cheap and so easy to carry out that everyone would have their own little genome card which could tell their doctors everything they needed to know. This sounds pretty cool and very useful. But a new study has revealed that this probably won’t be of any use at all due to the considerable low genetic risk, even if it does sound incredibly cool.
Genetics were originally expected to play a role by acting as markers for serious diseases like cancer and diabetes, but, sadly, the risks associated with these diseases as being caused by genetics is very low. And this is because most of these diseases are caused by external factors under our control. However, scientists have still maintained that if they find all the markers then the benefits will warrant the creation of inspecting the genome.