From Richard Otevrel
Personal experiences of people who decided to get their DNA tested (5 July, p 36) gave me a good insight into the pros and cons of this new tool, which is likely to steal work from fortune-tellers. Though I am aware that the technology is not precise, I was nearly convinced that I should eventually undergo such a test when it improves.
But the term “sometime” was blurred just a week later, when Emma Young revealed epigenetics’ role in biology (12 July, p 29). DNA testing to predict my future now seems less reliable as it seemed before. The rule “Think twice – and wait for a week – before you go for a DNA testing” holds good.
Prague, Czech Republic
