New Year, New You, Same Genes!
Interview with Ann Moyer, M.D., Ph.D. This episode discusses how genetic testing can be helpful when applied in the right setting and when it is performed by a reputable (clinical) laboratory. Dr. Moyer also discusses why you should be cautious when it c
Lab Medicine Rounds · Mayo Clinic Laboratories
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Show Notes
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00:00 Podcast Intro
00:42 When is a genetic test useful?
02:15 What situations would genetic testing not be helpful for?
03:15 Since pharmacogenomic testing isn’t useful for every drug, how do we know when it is useful?
05:15 I’ve seen commercials for genetic testing. Can you talk about these?
05:55 So, you’re saying that a private citizen could get some genetic testing performed?
06:32 I imagine you have gotten a couple of phone calls from people asking what do to with their results? Do people sometimes call you about this?
07:44 Can you talk about the differences between what you are going to do in your lab when you’re doing pharmacogenomic testing and what might be available to a patient as a direct-to-consumer?
09:32 That makes me curious, does that mean that some of these direct-to-consumer tests are including alleles that are only for the white population? Or, are they including ones that are relevant to Latino, African-American, Asian communities too?
11:00 Is there genetic testing that can talk about what type of diet I should follow and what type of exercise I should be doing?
12:45 Will everyone have their genomes sequences in a few years?
15:18 Can you explain what you mean when you say the test is getting better overtime?
18:00 What is the role of the laboratory in performing a genetic test?
22:58 Outro
Additional Resources:
· CPIC webpage http://cpicgx.org to see guidelines for pharmacogenomics
· Genetic Testing Registry https://www.ncvi.nlm.nih.gov/gtr/