Curiosity is basically not an indication for doing any…

Curiosity is basically not an indication for doing any sort of medical testing, because what starts as curiosity can end in pain and heartbreak sometimes. Testing, especially of a genetic nature, has to be done only when there is a potential for some sort of clinical or medical benefit. Clinical genetics deals predominantly with testing an individual who already has symptoms, or who is going to be affected with those symptoms sometime later. We then use that information so that we can manage the disease better, or prevent it from going to the next generation. Not all individuals need to be tested on a blanket basis. We need to go through their family histories. We need to t