Medicine of the Future - DNA Testing for health and recovery...

There are also offerings to the public called "recreational genetics", whereby one can send a saliva sample for $1000.00...it remains to be seen how insurance companies will fit in to the scenario....for payment of claims...and goodness forbid using the information for eligibility for coverage to fall in to any pre-existing areas...for this woman is was a tremendous help, but she was also lucky to find one of the few doctors who are familiar with the practice of testing DNA...BD

With the growing popularity of generic drugs and big box stores featuring vast pharmacies, it may seem that the medical world is becoming less personalized and more universalized. In some ways, that may be true, but several experts in the medical field say future diagnoses are likely to become as individualized as they can possibly be as genetic research continues to transition into the clinical world.

.....the tests are not currently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and are not regulated yet, they are not usually covered by medical insurance. And, because they are still somewhat new, there are still a lot of unanswered questions surrounding them.

However, this type of medicine is already catching on in traditional practice. National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver recently opened the Center for Genetics and Therapeutics that will analyze DNA.