Originally Posted by
Sandygirl
and they will not be the only pharmaceutical company to sell their DNA data base. Governments, etc will buy them too....if they have not already. Am I paranoid... no..just realistic. And people are volunteering their info...paying to do so too!
IF the government or big pharma asked you to donate your DNA fOR FREE in exchange for your DNA report ...would you?
So there's a couple of different ways to look at this. The biggest question is
why are they buying DNA databases? What could a pharmaceutical company possibly want with data that reveals people's genetic makeup? Probably because they can use it to develop much better medications and vaccines, targeted to our specific genetics.
I have long believed that the medical industry tends to lump all humans together, but what treatment works for one person does not mean it works for all. Also, diseases and conditions that affect one race more than the others could benefit from information gathered via DNA databases. Sickle cell disease, for example, disproportionately affects African-Americans. And there is growing new evidence that diabetes
causes obesity, not that obesity causes diabetes, which is the current model of thinking. Imagine if DNA information could help researchers solve
that epidemic. I have high hopes; diabetes runs in my husband's family and I worry about my sons. <3