The telomere test—are we ready to make health decisions based on our epigenome?

The telomere test—are we ready to make health decisions based on our epigenome?

With companies like Alternity Healthcare1 marketing kits intended to test your epigenome: the non-genetic changes in the microenvironment controlling heritability like methylation and telomere length, it is already becoming an option for patients to use information about their genetics (in this case, epigenetics), to develop treatment plans.