DNA Age, blog one, analyzation-Peter Markano

DNA mapping seems to be quite a prevalent subject of debate as of late. In recent years it seems that the more scientists learn about DNA science the more society either agrees of disagrees with the tampering of genetic profiles. Like abortion, DNA mapping is a subject of hot debate among all people. Everyone has a personal opinion and takes a stand at some end of the DNA debate spectrum. Personally, I would be delighted to know my own personal DNA makeup. I think it would be very interesting to obtain knowledge about my ancestors or be informed of any type of diseases i may be prone to. I feel that as technology is advancing, i want to take any part I can in it's advances, especially the promotion of medical research to cure diseases and human defects that could be otherwise be prevented. Personally, I feel it would be a bit drastic to go the extreme measures of getting a double mastectomy or something of the sort when the cancer isn’t even present yet. I think for some people like Deborah Linder getting a double mastectomy before being infected with cancer seems like a good investment for their health, but that’s not for me. I think that close monitoring of my health, monthly checkups, and cancer diagnostic tests would be the way to go for me. If I were ever to be diagnosed with Huntington’s disease, there would be a plethora of activities I would like to engage in before I die. First of all, I would like to spend all of my money on traveling the world, meeting and engaging in different cultures. I would like to meet as many people as possible, and experience as many things as I could, in essence I would be living according to a bucket list I would create. My top destinations for traveling the world are as follows, Bora Bora, Japan, Australia, and the Sahara Desert. I would bring my family with me everywhere I go, they are most important to me, and all that would matter before I die. I think anyone would agree, when it comes down to life and death in a situation like that, family is superior to all other things. The fact that DNA testing has the ability to reveal defects in people brings about the interesting topic of prejudice. It’s obvious that the rest of “normal” society would look those with the defects upon differently. Its believable that if DNA revealed everyone’s genetic mapping, those with the defects would be looked upon as unattractive, diseased, and possibly quarantined from the rest of society. It would be a shame if a prejudice were to arouse against those whose DNA map was found to be “different” like the autistic population. I think if society would prejudice against “different” people, there would surely be yet another prejudice battle this world would be faced to deal with.