genetic testing will become increasingly standard practice and become increasingly comprehensive with a relatively sure that at some point it will be standard practice when performing a genetic analysis during childhood to examine the entire genome rather than just look for one or 2 specific genes or conduct a test pattern is going to. let him out eventually become routine for newborns to undergo a complete genome analysis just like with newborn screening and for that data to be stored on a smart card or to program. eventually perhaps but not yet in germany people have a right not to know the results of genetic tests but can that information be concealed when a hereditary condition has been diagnosed in an individual's family and what impact does knowledge of the risk of future illness have. with her rare condition yarnall still has to go about her daily life the 1st thing she thought about when she was diagnosed was her child my son was 12 and i started to panic i was terrified and my