More technologies like this are coming...
Is it worth taking blood samples now, keeping them in a freezer, and then waiting for the test tech to come so I can get it tested to see disease progression of whatever disease I get when I get older?
Is it worth taking blood samples now, keeping them in a freezer, and then waiting for the test tech to come so I can get it tested to see disease progression of whatever disease I get when I get older?
It's not so much that "new" tests are incoming, it's that last time I checked, a really large, thorough lab had a menu of over 900 different blood tests they could run. Just for grins, I did Select All and it would be several thousand dollars to run them all (plus who knows how many gallons of blood draws over time). To me the point is if, in the future, you have a new reason (symptom or indicator) to look at one specific test, if your immediate test shows positive you could go back and run that specific test on earlier samples to establish a baseline or perhaps even a progression rate (assuming it is a chronic condition which develops gradually over time).