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gene therapy; DNA tests are being used to predict disease, prescribe drugs, and even plan our diets.(Column)
Byline: Sally Wadyka
I was in the drugstore recently-picking up the usual supplies like toothpaste and conditioner-when something on the shelf caught my eye. It was a do-it-yourself DNA kit that promised to analyze my genetic profile and prescribe "targeted nutritional and lifestyle solutions" that would help safeguard me against the evils of aging and disease. Hard-pressed to walk away from the possibility of a diet made just for me, I plunked down $250 and went home to swab my cheek. I figured that the worst-case scenario would be to be told to eat more broccoli.
Three weeks later my personalized plan from a company called Sciona (which makes the Cellf ...
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