Genetic Testing

Question 1

In what ways does genetic testing improve healthcare? (3)

Answer 1

1. If you know you have a gene that makes to high risk for a disease patient can change their lifestyle
2. Helps to tell whether a person has inherited a genetic disease - earlier treatments
3. Personalised medicine - some genes make medicine less effective. so doctor can prescribe different medicine that will work.

Question 2

Why should parents test their genes before they have children?

Answer 2

they might be carriers of a certain gene that will give their child a diseases

Question 3

What is genetic testing of embryos and why do we do it?

Answer 3

If parents know they carrier the gene that causes the disease

they can test their embryos and see if the embryo has the gene

the can select the embryo that doesn’t have the gene that causes the disease

Question 4

What are the risks of genetic testing of the baby

Answer 4

False positive = will say the bad gene is there when its not actually

False negative = will say the bad gene is NOT there when it actually is = baby born with disease

risk of miscarriage