DNA Banking

DNA Banking Process

DNA Banking Agreement

Depositor Information Form

DNA Withdrawal Form

Change of Address Form

Change of Representative Form

Reasons for DNA Banking

• To benefit descendants and other family members.
  

  This is probably the most important reason to bank your DNA. Testing of your own DNA greatly improves the efficiency and accuracy of DNA testing in your relatives. Banking your DNA is a simple, but important legacy that you can leave your family. Anyone who, for example, saves for retirement or prepares a will should strongly consider banking their DNA.

• To provide a ready source of material for clinical DNA testing.
  
  

  It is much cheaper to make a withdrawal of banked DNA than it is to extract a new sample. In addition, PreventionGenetics offers an ever increasing array of clinical DNA tests. If testing is performed at PreventionGenetics, then there will be no withdrawal or shipping charges.

• To provide source material for the identification of remains and for cases of amnesia, child abduction, or the switching of babies.
  
  

  These situations are rare, but they do occur. Banking your DNA greatly increases the chances of correct identification. This is why the U.S. military banks DNA from all service members.

• To provide material for future DNA tests that are not yet available.
  
  

  The technology for DNA testing is continually improving. By banking your DNA now, you make available the input material for new high tech tests even after your death.