How much does a full set of genetic tests cost?

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In recent years, a variety of gene testing products have come into people's eyes, and they have won the market with low prices and high prices. What is the purpose of these gene sequencing? Is it a hospital project? Let's share my experience with you.

How much does a full set of genetic tests cost?

Genetic testing on the market: the level of good and bad, price arbitrary. After the consumer purchases the product, the merchant will send a saliva collection device, and then press the operation to send it back. After a period of time, the other party will send you a long report, which includes: ancestral blood analysis, health risk, cancer risk, nutritional metabolism, genetic diseases, genetic characteristics, and even personality characteristics, left and right brain talent and so on.

The international authoritative academic journal "medical genetics" published a study, which analyzed the original data of 49 cases of purchasing consumer grade genes and detected genetic variation. Compared with the data of clinical trials, it was found that up to 40% of the variation was false-positive, and only 60% of the mutation was true, which indicated that the prediction error rate of genetic diseases was 40%.

Clinical gene testing is used for genetic disease screening, cancer treatment, finding the source of disease, personalized medication and so on. The price of the whole set is even as high as hundreds of thousands of yuan, which is not like the hundreds of Yuan testing products on the market.

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Genetic physical examination has a history of 10 years. Genetic physical examination was first used to assess the risk of cancer. At that time, it was believed at home and abroad that the internal cause of cancer was heredity, and heredity was controlled by genes. Through the detection of genes, we could see if there were susceptibility genes, so as to judge whether a person might have cancer, For example, there are diabetes and other immune diseases on the market. Genetic testing also includes some mental diseases, including drinking, smoking and so on.