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Article: FUNERAL HOMES COLLECT DNA OF LOVED ONES.(BUSINESS)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2002
CopyrightCOPYRIGHT 2002 The Virginian Pilot-Ledger Star. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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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.
``In another 10 ...
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