{"id":7230,"date":"2017-06-27T10:51:23","date_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:51:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7230"},"modified":"2017-06-27T10:51:23","modified_gmt":"2017-06-27T14:51:23","slug":"routine-dna-sequencing-may-be-helpful-and-not-as-scary-as-feared","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=7230","title":{"rendered":"Routine DNA Sequencing May Be Helpful And Not As Scary As Feared"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rob Stein for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>Advances in technology have made it much easier, faster and less expensive to do\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fda.gov\/food\/foodscienceresearch\/wholegenomesequencingprogramwgs\/\">whole genome sequencing<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 to spell out all three billion letters in a person&#8217;s genetic code. Falling costs have given rise to speculation that it could soon become a routine part of medical care, perhaps as routine as checking your blood pressure. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/health-shots\/2017\/06\/26\/534338576\/routine-dna-sequencing-may-be-helpful-and-not-as-scary-as-feared?utm_campaign=KHN%3A%20First%20Edition&amp;utm_source=hs_email&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_content=53602965&amp;_hsenc=p2ANqtz--qlNoSQdQKeplQ-Ns34lKOHOuz84LjIw8CNiZTKkNuIttdgbZpxhXNT4IWseSo8d0wCKFmbrY8dASoEP4ddFImqb1lRA&amp;_hsmi=53602965\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice<\/strong>: The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Rob Stein for NPR) Advances in technology have made it much easier, faster and less expensive to do\u00a0whole genome<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-medical-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7230"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7231,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7230\/revisions\/7231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}