1.   Significantly, gene analysis tests are a new and lucrative money-making scheme for medical supply and pharmaceutical companies, and the new biotechnology industry.

2.   Also, keep in mind that the gene test is not perfect.

3.   Barkley noted, though, that gene tests for ADHD may arrive at the same time or even more quickly than the scanning test.

4.   But before any woman found to have a mutated gene undergoes prophylactic surgery, the gene test should be repeated.

5.   But no one is talking about using the gene test for prenatal diagnosis and selective abortion.

6.   But spats over the restrictions or costs imposed on gene tests have focused attention on the patent issue.

7.   Eventually, people may have gene tests at birth that predict their entire future health patterns.

8.   For comparison, they tested cells from people who had the hemophilia or muscular dystrophy gene tests.

9.   In the meantime, said Skolnick, whose company sells the gene tests, it remains clear that the mutations are common and dangerous.

10.   It is also expected that gene tests will be more sensitive to lower doses than animal tests.