Test Your DNA for Diseases — No Doctor Required

By Bonnie RochmanOct. 23, 2012

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/23/drugstore-genomes-whos-pushing-the-sequencing-industry/#ixzz2AgojuSdd

When Anne Wojcicki’s son was a baby, she ran a swab across the inside of his cheek, collecting DNA to send to a lab. Last year, when she was pregnant with her daughter, she tested her amniotic cells. The goal in each case: to get a glimpse of her children’s genes and determine whether they contain certain kinks that increase the risk of developing anything from gallstones to multiple sclerosis. “As a parent,” says Wojcicki, “the most responsible thing I can do is get as much information about my children as possible so I can then think through how I can make them as healthy as possible.”