The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study
With the development of molecular genetics, the field of personalized medicine based on genetic data has been growing at a phenomenal pace. Genetic tests can identify health risks, ancestry, and genealogy, as well as the prediction of drug responses. However, very limited research exists about the m...
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| author | T. A. Bairova N. V. Nemchinova A. Yu. Sambyalova |
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| description | With the development of molecular genetics, the field of personalized medicine based on genetic data has been growing at a phenomenal pace. Genetic tests can identify health risks, ancestry, and genealogy, as well as the prediction of drug responses. However, very limited research exists about the marketing practices of companies, which promote and sell DNA ancestry and health-related genetic tests directly to the public.Aim. To evaluate the awareness and attitude about genetic testing in the population of a large industrial city in Russia (on the example of Irkutsk).Materials and methods. A total of 305 respondents – 265 of them were students of higher educational institutions of Irkutsk. The study was conducted on condition of anonymity. The questionnaire was available on the Internet on the basis of the Google Forms service. All basic concepts were explained to the participants during the survey.Results. 94.1 % are interested in conducting genetic testing on a commercial basis. Of the total number of survey participants, 72.8 % expressed a desire to undergo the analysis “Hereditary predisposition to diseases”, 61 % – “Monogenic diseases”, 52.1 % – “Ethno”. In addition, out of the total number of respondents surveyed, 36.7 % want to undergo genetic testing for research: features of metabolism and food intolerance “Diet”, 22 % – susceptibility to injuries and speed of recovery of physical form “Sport”, 18 % – to hereditarily determined susceptibility to drugs “Pharmacy”. It follows from the answers that the greatest interest among the surveyed people is the determination of predisposition to cardiovascular diseases – 72.5 %, to Alzheimer’s disease – 48.3 % and diabetes mellitus – 40.3 %.Conclusion. The results obtained indicate an interest in the study of predisposition to cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. There is a high need to analyze the assessment of the clinical usefulness of genetic research, to assess the impact of research results on human behavior and the system of regulation of genetic testing in healthcare in general. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-61e3b09d9e53410c88f2be4fb82793b62025-07-28T14:03:26ZrusScientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction ProblemsActa Biomedica Scientifica2541-94202587-95962021-06-016220521210.29413/ABS.2021-6.2.232151The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot StudyT. A. Bairova0N. V. Nemchinova1A. Yu. Sambyalova2Scientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction ProblemsScientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction ProblemsScientific Сentre for Family Health and Human Reproduction ProblemsWith the development of molecular genetics, the field of personalized medicine based on genetic data has been growing at a phenomenal pace. Genetic tests can identify health risks, ancestry, and genealogy, as well as the prediction of drug responses. However, very limited research exists about the marketing practices of companies, which promote and sell DNA ancestry and health-related genetic tests directly to the public.Aim. To evaluate the awareness and attitude about genetic testing in the population of a large industrial city in Russia (on the example of Irkutsk).Materials and methods. A total of 305 respondents – 265 of them were students of higher educational institutions of Irkutsk. The study was conducted on condition of anonymity. The questionnaire was available on the Internet on the basis of the Google Forms service. All basic concepts were explained to the participants during the survey.Results. 94.1 % are interested in conducting genetic testing on a commercial basis. Of the total number of survey participants, 72.8 % expressed a desire to undergo the analysis “Hereditary predisposition to diseases”, 61 % – “Monogenic diseases”, 52.1 % – “Ethno”. In addition, out of the total number of respondents surveyed, 36.7 % want to undergo genetic testing for research: features of metabolism and food intolerance “Diet”, 22 % – susceptibility to injuries and speed of recovery of physical form “Sport”, 18 % – to hereditarily determined susceptibility to drugs “Pharmacy”. It follows from the answers that the greatest interest among the surveyed people is the determination of predisposition to cardiovascular diseases – 72.5 %, to Alzheimer’s disease – 48.3 % and diabetes mellitus – 40.3 %.Conclusion. The results obtained indicate an interest in the study of predisposition to cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases. There is a high need to analyze the assessment of the clinical usefulness of genetic research, to assess the impact of research results on human behavior and the system of regulation of genetic testing in healthcare in general.https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/2752marketingpersonalized medicinegenetic research |
| spellingShingle | T. A. Bairova N. V. Nemchinova A. Yu. Sambyalova The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study Acta Biomedica Scientifica marketing personalized medicine genetic research |
| title | The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | The Commercialization of Genetic Research: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | commercialization of genetic research a pilot study |
| topic | marketing personalized medicine genetic research |
| url | https://www.actabiomedica.ru/jour/article/view/2752 |
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