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Home test kit. >> art, genetic testing even if it's done in a doctor's office is it really ready for prime time yet? >> you know, for certain rare, unusual conditions, strange genetic diseases that afflict a few families, do terrible things, i think we can do some genetic testing, that will really help them make some reproductive choices, and sometimes give them a special diet that might help. for the most part we're not quite there yet. i think if you look at our samples, we've looked at genes in maybe thousands of people for diabetes or other diseases, but we don't have big samples from japa...

Not much you can do to change the risk factors so if someone says yeah you're at a higher risk of alzheimer's disease than the average person there's not much you're going to do. if somebody says you're higher risk of diabetes, you can exercise and lose weight but to tell you the truth you can do that anyway without spending a few hundred dollars on a genetic test. >> what about somebody who has a family history of disease, breast cancer, for example, would this be good for them? >> you know, i think, john, that's the place where genetic testing does have a role. if you have a pattern of disea...

You have a family history. >> seems simple to do the simple things to stay healthy and so many of us don't do them. art, pathway genomics makes the spit in the cup or swab test. >> spitomics. >> okay. they have quite up front saying this has not been approved by the fda. this is more consumer information than it is a medical test. so if it's consumer information, what real value is it? >> well, there's a little bit of hint here that maybe could you find out if your great ancestor somehow or another had an oddball condition. i don't see it as consumer information. i think that's a little bit of...

Censors ordered all state-owned media to one with the xinhua state news agency copy which is a very minimalist story, just reports the bare facts, nothing else, and that's because they're worried about copycat killings. they're worried if there is widespread reporting of this, it may inspire another attack, but then it gets back to well why would it? >> really is unbelievable. john vause for us tonight from china, thanks so much. coming to a drugstore near you, a genetic test to see if you're at risk for life-threatening diseases but does the home dna kit actually open up a whole can of gene...

What will happen to your dna samples. >> privacy is a big issue. briefly on the idea of counseling. if somebody finds they have a genetic disease, go to a reputable doctor and do they get counseling to say here's what you're at risk for and what you should do about it and this test would leave you up to your own devices? >> more or less, unless you pay additional fees which get pretty steep, you're going to get an 800 number with the extra fees on the spitomics test. if you go to a reputable doc with a genetic counselor there, a face-to-face meeting. right now i think that's the way to go with...