How to evaluate the new version of genetic testing report launched by WeGene

1. Who needs genetic testing?

Genetic testing does not have any requirements on the age and physical condition of the subject. The following principles can be followed when selecting disease items:

a. People with a family history of diseases should focus on choosing family history diseases, understand the risks of related diseases, and take targeted prevention as early as possible. But it is not limited to family history diseases. We often suffer from diseases because we ignore the disease.

b. People with irregular living habits, or those with bad habits such as smoking, alcoholism, etc. need to focus on tumors and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases;

c. Genetic testing of newborns Testing will help parents develop targeted living habits from an early age to avoid or delay the occurrence of diseases, and a single test will benefit them for life;

d. People who have already developed diseases can receive genetic testing, which can assist in disease treatment, and Identify prevention of complications;

e, parents, siblings and children have similar but not identical genotypes to us. Therefore, personal genetic testing results can only provide guidance for personal health management.

2. How safe is genetic testing?

The test sample required for genetic testing is blood. The subject can complete the sampling by having a nurse draw 6-8 ml of venous blood using disposable blood collection equipment in a regular medical institution. The whole process will not cause any damage to our body.

In terms of personal privacy, formal institutions will set up a complete confidentiality system to protect the information security of the subjects. For example, the Aishenpu individual genetic testing service provided by the Beijing National Engineering Research Center of Biochips encrypts the identity of the subject from the time of registration, including: customer identification code, blood collection equipment coding, report encryption, and online reading password letter , read and modify permission settings, electronic data information probability, electronic signature and database encryption and other multiple guarantees.

3. Genetic testing process

①Customer registration: The subject fills out the "Informed Consent Form" and "Information Registration Form" and submits them to the genetic testing agency to establish a health file.

②Collect samples: usually blood samples, no special requirements, no need to fast. Sample collection is completed by professional medical institutions.

③After receiving the sample, the genetic testing institution will complete the sample testing, result analysis, and report preparation. and deliver the test report to the subject.

④Report Interpretation: After the client receives the report, the testing agency will provide report interpretation, and conduct regular physical examinations based on the genetic testing results in reasonable diet, appropriate exercise, good mental state, social environment, and targeted Provide personalized healthy life guidance and suggestions in many aspects such as safe medication and targeted medical treatment.

4. What should we do after genetic testing?

①Psychological decompression: Genetic testing can indicate the risk of a subject suffering from a certain disease, but it cannot determine his future health status. High risk means that the subject is more likely to develop the disease than ordinary people, but when the disease develops and the development of the disease also depends on the environment and living habits. Therefore, do not panic if a higher risk of disease is detected. Professional organizations will give targeted suggestions and provide effective guidance to avoid or delay the occurrence of the disease.

② Strengthen health management awareness: Genetic testing showing low disease risk means that the subject has a small risk of disease, but it does not completely rule out the possibility of disease. Therefore, it is still necessary to strengthen health management awareness to avoid the occurrence of diseases.

③ Follow professional health guidance. The occurrence of major diseases such as tumors and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases is the result of the synergistic effect of disease susceptibility genes, long-term living habits, and external factors. The guidance given by professional institutions needs to be followed consistently, rather than superficially.