tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post3053377335067678512..comments2023-08-24T08:30:25.608-07:00Comments on Gene Sherpas: Personalized Medicine and You: Author smackdown....Sorry Dr KariSteve Murphy MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11774190000307343476noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6173393362223742012.post-74715301962410621892009-05-20T14:47:22.133-07:002009-05-20T14:47:22.133-07:00What would interest me, as someone who was adopted...What would interest me, as someone who was adopted and has limited family history, is: how effectively would the SNP data substitute for family history data used in the current disease risk models?<br><br>The effectiveness of SNP profiles to substitute for family history would probably be disease-dependent, and so the findings for one disease may not apply to other conditions. But it seems to me that genotype information has the potential to provide more detailed and accurate information than could be provided by family history medical records. Such records likely will have variable quality and depth-of-detail for different patients, or as in my case, almost entirely lacking.Stevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10021279315293585468noreply@blogger.com