Why do people believe genetic testing offers a pathway to a wide array of benefi...

sjducb · 2024-01-31T18:55:19 1706727319

20 years ago it was pretty plausible. Most of the genetic effects that we knew about were large. Maybe all of them were large?

Now we know that most effects are small, and there aren’t useful interventions that can treat the effects.

dundarious · 2024-02-01T04:55:55 1706763355

That is my feeling also. And well, no useful drug interventions at least. For most genetic risk factors, lifestyle factors dominate the total risk.