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David Kang uID: u0703451
Author: Laura Hercher
Title: Diet Advice From DNA?
Journal: Internet Marketers claim that a genetic test can give you a personalized diet. Are they advertising cutting-edge science or a high-tech horoscope?
Date: December 2007
Volume: Current Issues in Biology, Volume 6
Page: 52~57 Summary: Since the discovery of the Human Genome Project, we have been very successful with the use of this magnificent map. However, the commercialization of the genetic science is ahead of the real genetic science nowadays. People want to know everything they can with this DNA code even though the science are not currently supporting its thesis. But the scientists are making major breakthrough with the Genome because this past summer, the Food and Drug Administration gave a first go with the genetic test on patient with a drug called warfarin, which is a blood-thinning drug. The FDA wanted to figure out the best dosage for each and every individual to be more efficient. We are all hoping for someday when just a simple genetic analysis could tell an individual their best diet possible to live a long life. One of the possibilities of achieving nutrigenetics is at the gene that sits at the one end of the chromosome 1. An enzyme called MTHFR (Methylene Hydrofolate Reductase) is responsible of breaking down homocysteine. Homocysteine is an amino acid that increases the risk of heart attacks when the level is elevated. And by finding the activity level of MTHFR, you can actually take specific B vitamins to decrease the level of homocysteine and the risk of heart attack. However, taking more vitamin B and lowering the level of homocysteine isn’t scientifically proven yet. However, this discovery can be the starting point of the nutrigenetic making difference in human life. With such a little information of Genome Project and human’s DNA, many entrepreneurs were attracted to the money they can make by selling nutrigenetic
Author: Laura Hercher
Title: Diet Advice From DNA?
Journal: Internet Marketers claim that a genetic test can give you a personalized diet. Are they advertising cutting-edge science or a high-tech horoscope?
Date: December 2007
Volume: Current Issues in Biology, Volume 6
Page: 52~57 Summary: Since the discovery of the Human Genome Project, we have been very successful with the use of this magnificent map. However, the commercialization of the genetic science is ahead of the real genetic science nowadays. People want to know everything they can with this DNA code even though the science are not currently supporting its thesis. But the scientists are making major breakthrough with the Genome because this past summer, the Food and Drug Administration gave a first go with the genetic test on patient with a drug called warfarin, which is a blood-thinning drug. The FDA wanted to figure out the best dosage for each and every individual to be more efficient. We are all hoping for someday when just a simple genetic analysis could tell an individual their best diet possible to live a long life. One of the possibilities of achieving nutrigenetics is at the gene that sits at the one end of the chromosome 1. An enzyme called MTHFR (Methylene Hydrofolate Reductase) is responsible of breaking down homocysteine. Homocysteine is an amino acid that increases the risk of heart attacks when the level is elevated. And by finding the activity level of MTHFR, you can actually take specific B vitamins to decrease the level of homocysteine and the risk of heart attack. However, taking more vitamin B and lowering the level of homocysteine isn’t scientifically proven yet. However, this discovery can be the starting point of the nutrigenetic making difference in human life. With such a little information of Genome Project and human’s DNA, many entrepreneurs were attracted to the money they can make by selling nutrigenetic