I'm guessing the biomarkers refering to here are SNPs (single nucleotide polymorphisms), which we all have in our DNA. However, your profile maybe very different than mine, and some of these differences may correspond to a higher chance of developing certain diseases. However, the field is not that advanced yet, plus there are environmental and other factors at play, and so the part about biomarkers can tell you for sure 會生甚麼病 is a stretch. I don't remember hearing companies that sell tests to detect SNP profiles make this claim. This, however, is an interesting topic and I hope to cover it on my blog (in 科技人生) at some point.
As for 生過甚麼病 and 有甚麼病, SNPs are irrelavant. There are other kinds of biomarkers that will help tell a person 有甚麼病, e.g., if he has chest pain and is admitted to the emergency room, one thing that is often done is to do some blood test which can help figure out if he has heart attack, but these markers are specific to certain diseases, so don't have the same kind of privacy concern implied here.
The privacy concern is real, e.g., some insurance companies might not be willing to insure people who have a relatively high chance of developing cancers; so it is good that someone raised this issue.
« Curious 張貼於 Saturday, Sep 06 at 11:40 AM »
Do You BioMarker?
I like to rephrase. ....Are you a biomarker user ?
Biomarker must be very useful to human.
« 章 談 張貼於 Saturday, Sep 06 at 12:42 AM »
The word is biomarkers , not biomakers . Something plus 'er' normally refers to a noun.
....Do you 'have' or do you 'do' biomarkers....Could it be easy to understand ????
« I got it just now. 張貼於 Saturday, Sep 06 at 12:29 AM »
Is the word "BIOMAKERS" a noun or a verb (action word)?????
Do u 'Biomakers', the Biomakers must be a verb, while the sentence '100 kinds of Biomakers' the Biomkers is a noun.
The newly created word is very new to many of us. We seem cannot catch the meaning of the cartoons right way.
As for 生過甚麼病 and 有甚麼病, SNPs are irrelavant. There are other kinds of biomarkers that will help tell a person 有甚麼病, e.g., if he has chest pain and is admitted to the emergency room, one thing that is often done is to do some blood test which can help figure out if he has heart attack, but these markers are specific to certain diseases, so don't have the same kind of privacy concern implied here.
The privacy concern is real, e.g., some insurance companies might not be willing to insure people who have a relatively high chance of developing cancers; so it is good that someone raised this issue.
I like to rephrase. ....Are you a biomarker user ?
Biomarker must be very useful to human.
....Do you 'have' or do you 'do' biomarkers....Could it be easy to understand ????
Do u 'Biomakers', the Biomakers must be a verb, while the sentence '100 kinds of Biomakers' the Biomkers is a noun.
The newly created word is very new to many of us. We seem cannot catch the meaning of the cartoons right way.