Use Court Genetic Exams To Quell Personal Fears

By Marcie Goodman


With enough room for growth, people can use Court genetic exams to explore links to various diseases. When doctors submitted tests for studies, certain restrictions were in place that limited where genetic testing could take place. If a specific set of genes were studied, a patent kept doctors from sending tests to other labs, but a ruling made by the Supreme Court changed those requirements and doctors are now able to treat patients more rapidly.

Owning a gene strand is not possible through this ruling because genes are a product that comes from the natural sources derived from nature. Since no corporate entity can own the genes that contain markers for cancer causing diseases, the tests that diagnose or rule out cancer in the persons gene pool can be sent to a wider range of resources. Treatment for those people affected by diseases of the kidney and those suffering from breast cancer will improve because other sources of testing can be used.

Prior to the ruling made by the Supreme Court, doctors were restricted from sending tests and blood samples to any one other than the company which owned the patent for a particular set of cancer genes. Studies on these genes were limited to women and tests were done only on women who were part of certain age ranges.

Testing for many type of disorders that are tied to genetic trails can be done now because having alternate sources to perform tests reduces the price of each test. Not many individuals could afford to have family genetics tested because the cost were unaffordable by those that had limited means of support. Now families can afford to order tests that will give people answers to family medical issues.

A person may be able to benefit from the genetics identified through Court ordered exams if the right agency is the one placing the request. An unmarried mother that is supported by Government funding can receive DNA tests so that the father of the unborn child can be identified. The judicial system will hold that parent responsible for paying financial support until the child is an adult.

A genetics exam can help explain why some people will experience certain symptoms and people with other trails never do. Some diseases will affect the fraternal side of a family line, and not affect the maternal line of the families personal history. Not many State agencies ask for genetics to be traced through testing because of fears that it would violate the families right to privacy.

Some patients will ask the Courts for permission to conduct a full array of testing so that certain suspicions can be ruled out. Recent changes in health or mental attitude might lead some people to think that there is some medical condition present that is making them act weird or out of the ordinary. Some families use the DNA testing process to create a record which could be used if a child was lost.

Some citizens might choose to protect reproductive rights by using court genetic exams to prove that their reproductive organs are performing as they should be naturally. A parent can view the test results and know that an unborn child is developing well, and is free of any birth defect abnormalities.




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