The Killer in Me charted the journeys of GMTV presenter, Fiona Phillips, former England footballer John Barnes, Heart FM disc jockey Toby Anstis and former newspaper editor and political presenter, Andrew Neil as they undertake a one stop DNA test to find out which common killers could be hidden within their genes.
For the celebrities this is an opportunity to look into the future, opening a window not just on their lives but potentially their deaths. But just how much knowledge can they handle?
The GMTV presenter’s mother battled breast cancer and Alzheimer’s disease. She decided not to have the test
With family history of heart disease and prostate cancer, he found out he is high risk for heart disease
Could a stressful work focussed life be exacerbating an underlying genetic pre-disposition that he is unaware of?
The fitness fanatic and his twin sister Kate were adopted at just a few weeks old. The test revealed that he is fit and healthy, with not much risk of any diseases
Senior Clinical Researcher designed a test with the GeneticHealth Group that, they say, reveals susceptibilities to a host of life threatening medical conditions
Would you take the test or let nature take its course?
