"Direct-to-consumer genetic tests are rife with over-promise, hype and potential to harm. Whole genome sequencing offers a safer, superior alternative technology to understand our genes. Genomics bodes an extraordinary future with elimination of malignant disease, enhanced health and well-being, and healthy longevity, but it is not without risks and challenges. There is wonder in our genes. Let us get to know them with the respect they, and we, deserve."
*This article was written for, and published by, THE AGEIST on February 3, 2020.**
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