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Polygenic risk scores currently account for only a small proportion of your total genetic risk. Shutterstock

Genetic risk tests are now widely available, but they aren’t always useful – and could even be harmful

Emma Kowal, Deakin University; Jacqueline Savard, Deakin University, and Jeffrey Craig, Deakin University

Most common chronic diseases are the outcome of complex interactions between genetic, environmental and social risk factors, so a genetic risk score, on its own, isn’t much help.
A woman uses a lancet on her finger to check her blood sugar level with a glucose meter. Behopeful/Shutterstock.com

Can a genetic test predict if you will develop Type 2 diabetes?

Mylynda Massart, University of Pittsburgh

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe is now offering a new ‘polygenic risk score’ that reveals your risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Does it work? Are our family physicians ready?

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  1. 23andMe
  2. Diet
  3. Direct-to-consumer DNA testing
  4. DNA testing
  5. Genetics
  6. Genetic testing
  7. Global perspectives
  8. Nutrition
  9. Type 2 diabetes

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