Article: FUNERAL HOMES COLLECT DNA OF LOVED ONES.(BUSINESS)

Byline: STAFF AND WIRE REPORT

EAST HARTFORD, CONN. -- EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Funeral homes across the country have begun to offer clients a chance to store the DNA of deceased loved ones, a service providers say could help prevent disease in their descendants.

The DNA could help future generations determine whether they are genetically predisposed to conditions such as breast or colon cancer.

The genetic material could also be used in gene therapy, a process by which doctors replace an existing, deficient gene in a living person with a better gene, said Bernard Naegele, president of Cincinnati-based DNA Analysis Inc.

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