Government moves to oversee at-home genetic tests "We're at an
early stage in our knowledge of the human genome," said Dr. Muin
Khoury, director of the National Office of Public Health
Genomics at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
"What we have now is data points, not knowledge." Yet consumers
may make important medical decisions based on test results, such
changing drug regimens or deciding to forgo exams such as
mammograms, experts suggested. Others respond that consumers
have a right to their genetic information, however sensitive,
incomplete or complicated it may be. "Generally, I think that
people can handle information and that more information is
better," said Dr. David Orentlicher, co-director of the Center
for Law and Health at Indiana University. Arand, a Crystal Lake
landscape designer, says she has no regrets about ordering a
panel of genetic tests after attending a workshop on
personalized medicine at Canyon Ranch in 2008. Dr. Jyotsna
Sahni, a physician at the Arizona resort, w