TY - JOUR T1 - Personal genotyping and general practice JF - British Journal of General Practice JO - Br J Gen Pract SP - 97 LP - 97 DO - 10.3399/bjgp14X677257 VL - 64 IS - 619 AU - Anonymous Y1 - 2014/02/01 UR - http://bjgp.org/content/64/619/97.abstract N2 - The future is here. Right now, it’s happening in front of us! 11 years ago, finishing my first degree in pharmacology, the sequencing of the human genome was the talk of the scientific world. The consequences of unravelling the genetic material associated with not only who you are but also what you will become spanned across all scientific communities. My interest at this time was pharmacogenomics — the idea that medicines will be tailored to your individual genetic profile. People were sceptical and dismissed the idea as fanciful, futuristic and likely to be crushingly expensive.Three weeks ago, I paid a sum less than that required to attend an outpatient appointment to have my DNA commercially analysed for 1 million … ER -