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Our genetic information is key to making some of the most important decisions in our lives. There are diseases that we can prevent, and the DNA Health Test can help us identify them.
We analyze more than 1,000 diseases and other traits, making us one of the most comprehensive preventive health tests on the market.
Know your genetic predisposition with a DNA health test!
Prevention and early diagnosis can multiply success rates by 5 to 10 times in treating many diseases. With genetic health testing your genomics will tell you where to focus. By analyzing your genetic map, we obtain essential information to make the best decisions regarding your health and well-being.
Our DNA health test is the most complete on the market and provides very useful information for the professionals who care for your health. We have several sections that you will only find in 24Genetics: biometric predispositions, complex diseases, biomarkers, pharmacogenetics, or the detection of possible pathogenic mutations in hundreds of diseases.
This DNA disease test analyzes thousands of genetic markers that can influence genetic predisposition to dozens of pathologies. Our studies provide a wealth of information relevant to your health care.
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Our genetic health report is possibly the most comprehensive DNA health test on the market.
We analyze more than 700,000 genetic markers and, from these, we extract results based on the most prestigious genetic research using complex algorithms.
We study the ancestral roots in the DNA. These constitute the genetic inheritance of the person and serve to be able to apply these algorithms correctly. The calculation of genetic predisposition may vary according to ethnic origin. For example, the risk of skin cancer is not calculated in the same way for a person of African origin as it is for a person of Scandinavian origin. 24Genetics is possibly the only company in Europe that performs this ancestral roots analysis before applying the algorithms correctly.
Our algorithm also allows us to analyze whether the DNA belongs to a man or a woman.
Allowing us to apply the research that best suits each individual.
The reports we provide offer as much practical information as possible from the genetic data available in the DNA health test. For many diseases, we report the pathogenic mutations, or lack thereof, of only part of the genes involved (the ones we can see in the genetic test). This means that the disease may be present in areas that we are not testing for.
The genetic information provided by 24Genetics is not valid for clinical or diagnostic use. If any of your doctors or health professionals are especially concerned about a particular mutation detected, they will prescribe a second genetic test for clinical use to confirm these mutations. The 24Genetics genetic disease testing serves, among other things, to bring to light very relevant information that is usually overlooked.
An example of a 24Genetics health test result report is available on this page.
Genetics gives us a lot of information
And the 24Genetics DNA Health Test offers 7 detailed reports with multiple data for each of these categories. We should not confuse talent or personal characteristics with pathologies or diseases. In particular, our DNA Disease Testing provides an exclusive health report. Detailing a multitude of diseases and accompanied by information on drug compatibility.
With the 24Genetics DNA Health Test, you can get an overview of a large number of pathologies at an affordable price. Thanks to these tests and as a genetic counselor, we can be a valuable approach to understanding your genes. If you need a diagnosis of a specific disease, there are DNA tests that analyze the entire gene or genes involved in that disease or phenotype. These are also valid for clinical use. If you have a family history, we recommend that you consult your doctor or geneticist to consider the need for such a test.
With the knowledge of DNA, we can prevent the transmission of several monogenic diseases to our future children.
Some of these diseases may be present in our genes and not have manifested themselves in us. But it is possible that they may manifest in our children and grandchildren. With our DNA Health Test, we can identify many of them and act accordingly. In addition, there are techniques to prevent some of these diseases from being passed on to our offspring.
But having our genetic information can also be the first step towards personalized medicine. Each person should receive medical treatments in a different way. Medicines that are very effective for some people are not effective for others. One of the keys to deciphering which treatments will be best for each person lies in their genes. Our DNA Health Test includes data on genetic predisposition to dozens of medications. It can therefore help your doctor prescribe the most appropriate drugs for you. The importance of a genetic counselor like 24Genetics Spain is essential for your genetic analysis and personalized medicine.
24Genetics DNA tests are preventive.
We perform the tests by analyzing a part of the genetic variants of the organism (about 700,000 out of a total of 3.2 billion). Therefore, they have no clinical or diagnostic validity. Having a predisposition to suffer from a disease or pathology does not mean that you will definitely suffer from it. Many other external (environmental) and lifestyle factors play a role. Similarly, a disease for which no predisposition is indicated may develop.
Furthermore, there may be mutations in gene regions that we do not analyze. For this reason, at 24Genetics, we always recommend consulting a medical professional or geneticist to go deeper into specific areas.
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What will you find in the 24Genetics Health Report?
We analyze your genetic predisposition to hundreds of diseases, grouped into the following types:
Complex Diseases: GWAS
By definition, complex diseases are defined as pathologies whose development is influenced by multiple factors. Genetics is only one part and other factors, called environmental, such as lifestyle, diet, the place where we live, our daily stress level, age, etc., can have an impact as important or greater than that of our genes.
In this section we are going to include exclusively complex diseases that have been analyzed using the GWAS (Genome-Wide Association Studies) methodology, i.e. biostatistical analysis, to which we have already referred in the “Methodology” section.
In these pathologies, the information we are going to obtain is based on a comparison with the average of the population. Therefore, your result will indicate whether you are more, equally or less predisposed than the population average. Normally, we will indicate that you have a higher genetic predisposition than the average if you are in the 10% of the population with the highest predisposition to that disease, and lower if you are in the 10% of the population with the lowest predisposition. We remind you, as we have already indicated in this report, that having or not a predisposition does not mean that you will suffer from a disease or that you are free of it, since many other factors have an influence. In addition, it is common to have a higher than average predisposition in a percentage of between 10 and 20% of the pathologies analyzed.
To make it easier to understand the information, we have classified these diseases by medical specialties or areas of the organism.
- Neurology
- Circulatory system
- Digestive system
- Musculoskeletal system
- Endocrinology
- Urogenital system
- Dermatology
- Other
Complex diseases: oncogenic mutations
In this section we continue to analyze complex diseases, i.e. multifactorial diseases, which are influenced by both genetic and environmental factors, but the difference with the previous section is that we rely on the detection of mutations in one or more markers of one or more genes (monovariate or multivariate analysis, as described in the “Methodology” section). These mutations by themselves already mark the genetic predisposition to suffer from that disease, without any comparison with the population. Therefore, in the results of these diseases, we tell you whether or not we have found mutations likely to be pathogenic, and we do not make any comparison with the population. For this section, we consider pathogenic the mutations included in the ClinVar database.
Since, in this type of diseases, the same or different mutations in the same gene can predispose to different pathologies, in this section the features are organized by gene and not by disease.
Complex diseases: other
In this section we include complex diseases, analyzed by detecting mutations in one or more markers of one or more genes (monovariate or multivariate analysis) but which are not related to oncological processes. In other words, they share the same methodology as the previous section but are not cancer-related diseases. As in the previous cases, these are complex diseases and, as such, multifactorial.
Viruses, bacteria and fungi
Genetics plays an important role in the relationship between viruses, bacteria and fungi, and the diseases they can cause. That is, your genes may indicate greater susceptibility or greater resistance to a viral, bacterial or fungal infection. Using all our types of methodologies (GWAS, multivariate or monovariate), in this section we will inform you of your genetic predisposition to multiple infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, Covid, pneumonia, bronchitis or herpes, among others, and even the risk of aggravation of some of them.
Allergies and intolerances
In this section, we analyze a series of intolerances and allergies in the food, dermatological and respiratory fields, and we tell you if you are genetically predisposed to suffer from them. With the help of a health professional, you can take the appropriate measures to try to avoid them or modulate their symptoms and improve your well-being. In the section on allergies and intolerances we use our 3 methodologies, so the result of each of your analyzed traits will depend on the specific methodology we have used.
Biomarkers and others
Some physiological parameters, such as cholesterol or triglyceride levels, bone density, or the amount of white blood cells, platelets or neutrophils, among many others, are influenced by your DNA, which determines your possible tendency to have abnormal indicators.
In this section we exclusively use GWAS methodology, whereby the results will indicate whether you are more, equally or less predisposed than the average of the population to have abnormal levels of each parameter.
Pharmacogenetics
The same drug may work differently in different people, and part of that potential effect depends on DNA. That is, your genetics can influence the response to different types of drugs, in terms of toxicity level, effectiveness, metabolism, or necessary dose.
In this section, through monovariate and multivariate analysis, we study your genetic predisposition for your body to respond in one way or another to certain drugs.
Hereditary diseases: genetics
Hereditary diseases, unlike complex diseases, are not influenced by environmental factors. DNA is the only factor influencing whether or not to suffer from them. In this section, for each of the diseases we analyze, we search for pathogenic mutations, or susceptibility mutations, reported in the most important genetic databases worldwide, mainly OMIM and ClinVar, and which have been associated with these pathologies.
Most of the diseases included in this section can be classified in the so-called “rare diseases” and, as we have mentioned, lifestyle or other external factors do not affect the possibility of suffering from these ailments, only DNA has an influence. In addition, we remind you that the mutations associated with a disease can cause its development or not and, in the case of developing it, do so with different intensity, according to the concepts of penetrance and expressivity that we described earlier in this introduction.
Hereditary diseases, as their name suggests, are susceptible to being transmitted to your descendants. In this regard, it should be noted that having a pathogenic mutation that predisposes to a disease does not always imply suffering from it and 2 cases can occur:
- Being a carrier and also developing the disease.
- Being a carrier of the disease (which always occurs when the pathogenic mutation is present), but not developing it. In this case, although the disease does not develop, the pathogenic mutation can be transmitted to the offspring and, therefore, the predisposition to the disease. The greater or lesser probability of inheriting the pathogenic mutation by the offspring also depends on the genetics of the other parent. Therefore, this information is very valuable.
These types of diseases are mostly monogenetic, so it is one or several mutations of a single gene that mark the predisposition to suffer a specific pathology.
24Genetics genetic tests are not valid for clinical or diagnostic use. However, if your doctor considers a mutation found in our reports to be relevant, the usual practice is to prescribe a specific genetic diagnostic test to corroborate these mutations.
These are some of the diseases you will find in our report:
| Alopecia areata | Kabuki Syndrome 1 |
| Intracranial aneurysm | Leigh Syndrome |
| Rheumatoid arthritis | Leopard Syndrome 1 |
| Asthma (childhood onset) | Leukoencephalopathy With Vanishing White Matter |
| Chronic bronchitis and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease | Lissencephaly 1 |
| Breast cancer | Loeys-Dietz Syndrome 2 |
| Non-melanoma skin cancer | Long Qt Syndrome 1 |
| Prostate cancer | Maple Syrup Urine Disease |
| Prostate cancer aggressiveness | Maturity-Onset Diabetes Of The Young, Type 2 |
| Prostate cancer (early onset) | Maturity-Onset Diabetes Of The Young, Type 3 |
| Bladder cancer | Meckel Syndrome, Type 3 |
| Upper aerodigestive tract cancers | Mental Retardation And Microcephaly With Pontine And Cerebellar Hypoplasia |
| Basal cell carcinoma | Metachromatic Leukodystrophy |
| Squamous cell carcinoma | Methylmalonic Aciduria And Homocystinuria, Cblc Type |
| Motion sickness | Methylmalonic Aciduria, Cbla Type |
| Primary biliary cirrhosis | Methylmalonic Aciduria, Cblb Type |
| Age-related macular degeneration | Mitochondrial Complex Iii Deficiency, Nuclear Type 1 |
| Conduct disorder | Mucopolysaccharidosis Type Vi |
| Type 1 diabetes | Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Vii |
| Type 1 diabetes nephropathy | Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iiia |
| Type 1 diabetes autoantibodies | Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iiib |
| Type 2 diabetes | Mucopolysaccharidosis, Type Iva |
| Endometriosis | Muscular Dystrophy-Dystroglycanopathy (Congenital With Brain And Eye Anomalies), Type A, 1 |
| Celiac disease | Myopathy, Myofibrillar, 1 |
| Alzheimer’s disease (late onset) | Myopathy, Centronuclear, X-Linked |
| Coronary heart disease | Myopathy Centronuclear |
| Parkinson’s disease | Nemaline Myopathy 2 |
| Multiple sclerosis | Cystinosis, Nephropathic |
| Systemic sclerosis | Niemann-Pick Disease, Type C1 |
| Schizophrenia | Niemann-Pick Disease, Type A |
| Glioma | Niemann-Pick Disease, Type B |
| Hypothyroidism | Noonan Syndrome 1 |
| Myocardial infarction (early onset) | Noonan Syndrome-Like Disorder With Or Without Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia | Noonan Syndrome 4 |
| Hodgkin’s lymphoma | Obesity Due To Melanocortin 4 Receptor Deficiency |
| Diffuse large B cell lymphoma | Albinism, Oculocutaneous, Type Ib |
| Follicular lymphoma | Osteogenesis Imperfecta, Type Iii |
| Myasthenia gravis | Diabetes Mellitus, Permanent Neonatal |
| Multiple myeloma | Pitt-Hopkins Syndrome |
| Neuroblastoma | Polymicrogyria, Bilateral Frontoparietal |
| Osteosarcoma | Microcephaly 3, Primary, Autosomal Recessive |
| Psoriasis | Microcephaly 5, Primary, Autosomal Recessive |
| Allergic sensitization | MICROCEPHALY 9, PRIMARY, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE; MCPH9 |
| Testicular germ cell tumor | Retinitis Pigmentosa |
| Wilms tumor | Rubinstein-Taybi Syndrome 1 |
| Vitiligo | Sotos Syndrome 1 |
| 17-Beta Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Iii Deficiency | Supravalvular Aortic Stenosis |
| 3-Methylcrotonyl-Coa Carboxylase 1 Deficiency | Tay-Sachs Disease |
| 3-Methylcrotonyl-Coa Carboxylase 2 Deficiency | Tuberous Sclerosis 1 |
| Aarskog-Scott Syndrome | Tuberous Sclerosis 2 |
| Achromatopsia 2 | Albinism, Oculocutaneous, Type Ia |
| Leukemia, Acute Myeloid | Tyrosinemia, Type I |
| Adrenoleukodystrophy | Usher Syndrome, Type I |
| Hypophosphatasia, Adult | Usher Syndrome, Type Id |
| Allan-Herndon-Dudley Syndrome | Usher Syndrome, Type If |
| Alpha-1-Antitrypsin Deficiency | Usher Syndrome, Type Iia |
| Amyloidosis, Hereditary, Transthyretin-Related | Usher Syndrome, Type Iic |
| Anemia, Nonspherocytic Hemolytic, Due To G6Pd Deficiency | Usher Syndrome, Type Iid |
| Angelman Syndrome | Usher Syndrome, Type Iiia |
| Antithrombin Iii Deficiency | Acyl-Coa Dehydrogenase, Very Long-Chain, Deficiency Of |
| Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Dysplasia, Familial, 10 | Weaver Syndrome |
| Auriculocondylar Syndrome 1 | Wilson Disease |
| Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Autosomal Dominant | Agammaglobulinemia, X-Linked |
| Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 1 | Severe Combined Immunodeficiency, X-Linked |
| Muscular Dystrophy, Becker Type | Adiponectin levels |
| Seizures, Benign Familial Neonatal, 1 | Alcoholism (alcohol dependence factor score) |
| Beta-Thalassemia | Androgen levels |
| Bloom Syndrome | Aortic root size |
| Brugada Syndrome 1 | Beta-2 microglubulin plasma levels |
| Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome 1 | Bilirubin levels |
| Cardiofaciocutaneous Syndrome 1 | Bone mineral density |
| Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1S | C-reactive protein |
| Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic, 1 | Calcium levels |
| Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 1 | Dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate levels |
| CEROID LIPOFUSCINOSIS, NEURONAL, 2; CLN2 | Eosinophil counts |
| Ceroid Lipofuscinosis, Neuronal, 7 | Spirometric measure of pulmonary function (Forced vital capacity) |
| Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, Type 4C | Glycated hemoglobin levels |
| Chondrodysplasia Punctata 1, X-Linked Recessive | Glycerophospholipid levels |
| Granulomatous Disease, Chronic, X-Linked | Heart rate |
| Adrenal Hypoplasia, Congenital | Homocysteine levels |
| Retinitis Pigmentosa 39 | IgE levels |
| Night Blindness, Congenital Stationary, Type 1C | Liver enzyme levels (gamma-glutamyl transferase) |
| Cornelia De Lange Syndrome 1 | Liver enzyme levels |
| Costello Syndrome | Magnesium levels |
| Cystic Fibrosis | Menopause (age at onset) |
| Danon Disease | Monocyte count |
| DEAFNESS, AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE 12; DFNB12 | Neutrophil count |
| Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 1A | Phospholipid levels (plasma) |
| Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 31 | Phosphorus levels |
| Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 7 | Plasma omega-6 polyunsaturated fatty acid levels (dihomo-gamma-linolenic acid) |
| Deafness, Autosomal Recessive 9 | Platelet count |
| Mannosidosis, Alpha B, Lysosomal | Red blood cell count |
| Cardiomyopathy, Dilated, 1A | Resting heart rate |
| Dubin-Johnson Syndrome | Serum albumin level |
| Epileptic Encephalopathy, Early Infantile, 2 | Serum total protein level |
| Emery-Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy 1, X-Linked | Sex hormone levels |
| Myoclonic Epilepsy Of Lafora | Smoking behavior |
| Erythrocytosis, Familial, 2 | Thyroid hormone levels |
| Fabry Disease | Uric acid levels |
| Familial Adenomatous Polyposis 1 | Urinary uromodulin levels |
| Cardiomyopathy, Familial Hypertrophic, 2 | Vitamin B levels in ischemic stroke |
| Familial Mediterranean Fever | White blood cell count |
| Thyroid Carcinoma, Familial Medullary | APC: colorectal and pancreatic cancer |
| Fanconi Anemia, Complementation Group A | ATM: breast cancer |
| Fanconi Anemia, Complementation Group O | BARD1: breast cancer |
| Nephrotic Syndrome, Type 1 | BRCA1: breast and ovarian cancer |
| Gaucher Disease, Type I | BRCA2: breast and ovarian cancer |
| Glycogen Storage Disease Ib | BRIP1: breast cancer |
| Glut1 Deficiency Syndrome 1 | CDH1: breast and gastric cancer |
| Glutaric Acidemia I | CDKN2A: pancreatic cancer |
| Multiple Acyl-Coa Dehydrogenase Deficiency | CHEK2: breast and colorectal cancer |
| Glycogen Storage Disease Ia | MLH1: Lynch syndrome |
| Glycogen Storage Disease Ii | MSH2: Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer |
| Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Familial, 2 | MSH6: Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer |
| Hermansky-Pudlak Syndrome 3 | MUTYH: MYH-associated polyposis and colorectal cancer |
| Histiocytosis-Lymphadenopathy Plus Syndrome | PALB2: breast and pancreatic cancer |
| Ectodermal Dysplasia 1, Hypohidrotic, X-Linked | PMS2: Lynch syndrome and colorectal cancer |
| Jervell And Lange-Nielsen Syndrome 1 | PTEN: breast, uterine and colorectal cancer |
| Joubert Syndrome 10 | RAD51C: ovarian cancer |
| Joubert Syndrome 14 | RAD51D: ovarian cancer |
| Joubert Syndrome 16 | SDHB: gastric cancer |
| Joubert Syndrome 3 | SMAD4: juvenile polyposis syndrome and colorectal cancer |
| Joubert Syndrome 5 | TP53: Li-Fraumeni syndrome, breast cancer and more |
| Joubert Syndrome 7 | VHL: Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome |
| Joubert Syndrome 8 | RET: thyroid carcinoma |
| Joubert Syndrome 9 |
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Frequently asked questions
HOW CAN I DO THIS DNA HEALTH TEST?
It’s simple. You will receive a DNA kit to place a small amount of saliva in. Click here to watch a video before using the kit. After following the simple instructions, send the sample back to us. We will perform a process in which we can read what is written in about 700,000 markers in your DNA.
WHAT DOES THE 24GENETICS GENETIC HEALTH TESTING CONSIST OF?
We will send a kit to your home. In it, you can deposit some of your saliva following some simple instructions. Once we receive the kit back, we will extract the DNA from your cells. We will read about 700,000 genetic markers or polymorphisms on high-tech sequencers. Then, our proprietary algorithms will analyze your DNA. They will then apply the most relevant scientific knowledge to generate the reports you have contracted.
CAN I MAKE DRASTIC CHANGES TO MY HEALTH TREATMENTS ON MY OWN BECAUSE OF THIS DNA HEALTH TEST'S RESULTS?
Our reports provide data on the genetic predispositions of your body, but there are many other external factors, environmental factors or habits that influence it. For this reason, we consider our reports to be preventive, not diagnostic. Our recommendation is always to consult medical professionals for any doubts that may arise from your genetic report. Therefore, the answer is no. It would be best if you did not make significant changes without professional validation.
IS THIS DNA HEALTH TEST AVAILABLE IN MY COUNTRY?
We ship our DNA kits free of charge to any country. You can choose to return shipment by email (you would have to send it to us) or express collection (may have an additional cost depending on the product and country). We have many warehouses around the world, so we will ship your order from the closest possible location. USA, Spain or France always have free return shipping. In addition, some of our packs have free express delivery worldwide.
ARE ALL GENETIC TESTS OF THE SAME QUALITY?
Our genetic health test is possibly the most complete and of the highest quality on the market.
On the one hand, we must take the quality of the technology used in DNA sequencing into account, from the saliva kit to the sequencers. 24Genetics use the best sequencing technology from Illumina in Europe. Each and every component used in our services are of the highest quality available on the market.
On the other hand, there is the quality and quantity of information we can offer in our 7 reports: ancestry, nutrigenetics, health, pharmacogenetics, talent and personality, skin care and sport. Each of them is a benchmark in the sector for the quality and quantity of information provided. For example, we are the only ones able to show biometric data, complex diseases and apply different algorithms depending on the gender and ethnicity of our clients. In short, we can say that our genetic tests are two years ahead of the other genetic tests available on the market.
DOES IT ALL DEPEND ON MY GENES?
No. The body responds to a whole series of conditioning factors. Our genes are certainly an important parameter, but lifestyle, such as exercise and diet, and many other circumstances influence our bodies. Without a doubt, knowing yourself well helps you to treat your body in the most appropriate way, and this is what you can get from genetics: more knowledge for you and for the professionals who care for your health.
WHY IS THIS GENETIC HEALTH PREVENTION TEST BETTER THAN OTHERS?
24Genetics genetic health tests are considered the best in their category because of the information’s quantity and quality. You only have to compare the number of sections of our test with any other on the market. It also provides biometric predispositions, biomarkers, pharmacogenetics and much more relevant information for your health care, data that the rest of the genetic health tests on the market do not have. In addition, our algorithms are two years ahead of the rest because we apply more scientifically validated research than the rest, and we apply them more intelligently. Our algorithm chooses which studies apply to you, depending on whether you are male or female, and only if the study is validated in a population similar to yours (Asian, European, etc.). And suppose there are several consolidated studies on the same pathology, then our algorithm is able to combine them to offer you the most complete and valuable personalized genetic information for your doctors. If you want to know all the reasons why our genetic tests are considered the best on the market , click here.
WHAT IS THIS DNA HEALTH TEST BASED ON?
This DNA health test is based on thousands of genetic studies recognized and accepted internationally by the scientific community. When there is a certain level of consensus, the scientific studies are made public in specific databases through scientific institutions and organizations. Our wellness DNA test is carried out by applying these studies to the genetic data of each client. This is done using a complex algorithm developed by 24Genetics.
WHAT WILL I GET OUT OF THE DNA HEALTH TEST?
We will send you a detailed and personalized report to the email address you provided when registering your DNA kit. In addition, upon request, we can send you at any time, not only when you place your order, your electronic raw data file, which contains your genetic map.
WHAT CAN I DO TO KEEP MY REPORT UP TO DATE?
When we design a new feature for inclusion in one of our reports, we conduct various tests before making it public. When the time comes, we will let you know through our communication channels.
WHO CAN TAKE THIS DNA HEALTH TEST?
Anyone, regardless of age, can take our genetic health test. However, if the test is to be carried out on a baby or an elderly person you can specify this when you place your order. We will send you a special kit that facilitates the collection of the saliva sample. In the case of minors, the authorization of the parent or guardian is required.
IS THIS DNA HEALTH TEST VALID FOR CLINICAL OR DIAGNOSTIC USE?
No, this DNA health test is not valid for clinical or diagnostic use. However, if your doctor considers that a mutation reflected in our report is relevant to your health, they may prescribe a clinically valid test to confirm the pathology in question. 24Genetics DNA tests are preventive, and their main purpose is to alert you to genetic issues that are usually overlooked.
IF MY REPORT SAYS THAT I HAVE A HIGH GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO SUFFER FROM A CERTAIN DISEASE, DOES THAT MEAN THAT I WILL SUFFER FROM IT SOONER OR LATER?
People are their genetics and experiences.
Apart from your genes, many other environmental and internal factors influence whether or not you develop a disease. But you can also have no predisposition and suffer from a particular disease at some point in your life.
Furthermore, depending on the pathology, genetics can have a greater or lesser influence on the onset or development of a disease.
Knowledge of our genetics allows health professionals to carry out their work with much more information. And it also makes it possible to design prevention plans that can make a difference.
IF, FOR A PARTICULAR DISEASE, MY REPORT SAYS I AM NOT PRONE TO IT, DOES THAT MEAN I AM NOT AT RISK?
Most diseases do not depend on our genes alone, they also depend on countless internal and external factors that can cause them. In addition, our DNA health test has partial information about your genome. We are not sequencing your whole genome but only a part of it, so it doesn’t exclude the possibility that you may carry other mutations associated with that pathology in other gene regions that we do not analyze or that are not currently known.
There are genetic tests for clinical or diagnostic use that analyze all the genes involved in a given pathology or disease and which a medical service can prescribe if it is appropriate. And, of course, multiple environmental factors must always be taken into account, as these can also have a high degree of influence on the possibility of developing diseases.
Our genetic health tests are not valid for clinical or diagnostic use. Therefore, if you have any doubts, we always recommend that you consult your doctors so that they can prescribe the appropriate clinical genetic tests.
I HAVE HAD A BONE MARROW TRANSPLANT; COULD THIS AFFECT MY TEST RESULTS?
The genetic health test results may be altered, so we do not recommend that you take the test.
DOES MY GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO SUFFER FROM CERTAIN PATHOLOGIES MEAN THAT MY RELATIVES ALSO HAVE THEM?
The genetics of each person is unique. Therefore, we always recommend that you consult with your clinical reference service about the decisions to be taken in terms of health. However, in genetics, many of the expressed patterns are often related to those of close relatives so it would be expected for the reports to be quite similar. But bear in mind that many external factors also influence whether or not you develop a disease. Therefore, the probability of suffering from a disease will differ among relatives with different lifestyles, health habits, places of residence, etc.
SOME OF THE STUDIES ON WHICH OUR DNA TEST FOR HEALTH IS BASED.
24Genetics genetic health tests are based on thousands of genetic research studies agreed by the international scientific community. Our system selects the research that applies to you (depending on your gender and ethnicity) and if there is more than one, our algorithm combines them to provide you with the most helpful information for your health and well-being. Here are some examples of genetic research used:
- Ahmed S et al; Newly discovered breast cancer susceptibility loci on 3p24 and 17q23; Nat Genet; 2009 May;41(5):585-90.
- Cox A et al; A common coding variant in CASP8 disassociated with breast cancer risk; Nat Genet; 2007 Mar;39(3):352-8.
- Dickson C et al; Tyrosine kinase signalling in breast cancer: fibroblast growth factors and their receptors; Breast Cancer Res; 2000;2(3):191-6.
- Easton DF et al; Genome-wide association study identifies novel breast cancer susceptibility loci; Nature; 2007 Jun28;447(7148):1087-93.
- Hunter DJ et al; A genome-wide association study identifies alleles in FGFR2 associated with risk of sporadic postmenopausal breast cancer; Nat Genet; 2007 Jul;39(7):870-4.
- Chang YK et al; Association of BANK1 and TNFSF4 with systemic lupus erythematosus in Hong Kong Chinese; Genes Immun.; 2009; 10(5):414-20.
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