Oxidative Stress Assessment
GeneLink’s Oxidative Stress Assessment is a DNA-based tool designed to help measure an individual's inherent genetic capacity to combat oxidative stress. This assessment measures and helps predict the body’s ability to efficiently control oxygen free radical damage, eliminate hydrogen peroxide, protect and repair oxidized phospholipids and destroy harmful environmental compounds and pollutants.
This test specifically looks for variations (known as SNPs) in key oxidative stress genes. SNPs predict inefficient enzymatic activity that, over time, can result in oxidative damage (also known as free radical damage) to cellular proteins and DNA. SNPs in oxidative stress genes have been associated with a wide variety of physiologic and health related conditions including heart disease, cancer, neurological degeneration, premature aging and skin conditions.
Oxidative Stress Assessment results are effective when used to create a "customized or targeted" antioxidant supplement regimen for patients or consumers.
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