Consumer DNA testing
Consumer genetic tests promise rich rewards, but can yield ‘awkward surprises’
DNA testing is all about unlocking secrets. But sometimes surrendering your saliva may also mean surrendering a bit of privacy ...
Should we have laws to protect our genetic privacy? DNA testing companies don’t think so
How much genetic privacy is a consumer entitled to? Congress is now pondering federal privacy rules that probably will address ...
How consumer genetic testing is ending paternal secrecy—for better or worse
When Nara Milanich wrote Paternity: The Elusive Quest for the Father—a history of the scientific, legal, and social conceptions of ...
DNA testing companies launch privacy ‘coalition’ to protect consumer data
Genetic testing companies are forming a new coalition on best practices for handling DNA information and to promote the industry ...
Scammers set sights on booming genetic testing market
The cost of genetic testing for disease assessment can be as high as $10,000. With that kind of money in ...
Viewpoint: ‘Astrology-style answers’ show the darker side of consumer genetic tests
[T]he same thing that drives some people toward astrology drives others toward mail-in test kits: People want to learn more ...
‘Illogical and inappropriate’: How anti-vaxxers use 23andMe genetic tests to avoid vaccines
San Francisco’s city attorney subpoenaed a doctor accused of giving illegal medical exemptions from vaccination, based on “two 30-minute visits ...
Why the results of your genetic ancestry test will change over time
23andMe caused Leonard Kim not one identity crisis but two. The first came in 2016, when Kim, who was raised ...
Why genetic testing poses new legal perils for doctors
While DNA testing upends the practice of medicine, U.S. laws aren’t keeping pace. That’s one message from a nearly finished ...
Doctors face ‘wrenching questions’ about genetic testing and legal risks. Do we need new laws?
As DNA testing gallops ahead, doctors face wrenching questions about legal risks, protecting patients’ privacy, and the quality of the ...
Why ‘titanic’ issues related to DNA privacy must be addressed for us to enjoy the benefits of personal genomics revolution
An astonishing panel of world-leading researchers and business leaders in personal genomes revealed the titanic issues facing the genomics sector ...
Navigating the evolving privacy pitfalls of consumer genetic testing
While DNA testing was once only the stuff of crime investigations and television shows, it is now available to the ...
Viewpoint: Read the fine print to understand the weakness of consumer genetics tests
Direct-to-consumer genetic tests like Ancestry and 23andMe were mostly the result of innocent curiosity. Geneticists at the turn of the ...
Video: Even if you’ve never taken a DNA test ‘your genetic privacy might already be compromised’
The rise of direct-to-consumer DNA tests comes with a host of thorny problems, including how to interpret the data and major questions about genetic privacy ...
‘Only child’ no more: DNA test reveals woman has at least 29 brothers and sisters
For Shauna Harrison, her journey from only child to a sister with 29 siblings started with a revisit to her 23andme ...
Viewpoint: DNA data ‘rat race’ bringing down costs of precision medicine but perils of security risks escalate
It is said that this is the best of times for direct to consumer (DTC) genetic testing companies, human disease ...
5 things to consider with direct-to-consumer health products
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) versions of teeth alignment kits, genetic tests, hearing aids, heart-rhythm monitors, neurostimulation devices, and mental health tools are ...
DNA of the dead: Genetic testing companies offering to use envelopes licked by the deceased
In the past year, genealogists have been abuzz about the possibility of getting DNA out of old stamps and envelopes ...
Why you shouldn’t expect the DNA you send to companies like 23andMe to remain private forever
The data you shared with a genetic testing startup like 23andMe is private — for now. But maintaining that privacy, which rests ...
Searching for ‘hidden talents’: Chinese parents turn to genetic tests for their toddlers
Fears of seeing their children fall behind their peers have left Chinese parents searching for anything to give them a ...
The danger of using DNA tests to make life-or-death decisions for your dog
As people peer into DNA for clues to health and heritage, man’s best friend is under the microscope, too. Genetic ...
We are in the midst of a consumer DNA ‘testing frenzy’
By the start of 2019, more than 26 million consumers had added their DNA to four leading commercial ancestry and ...
Defending 23andMe’s DNA health test: ‘You will learn something’ of value
The New York Times decided to publish an editorial ... warning people to "be careful about 23andMe's Health Test." What are they ...
Family Tree DNA voluntarily working with FBI investigators, raising privacy concerns
Family Tree DNA, one of the largest private genetic testing companies whose home-testing kits enable people to trace their ancestry ...
DNA ancestry tests are not ‘crystal balls’—they’re approximations
Identical twins have virtually identical DNA. So you’d think if a set of twins both sent in a DNA sample ...
Ancestry results for identical twins illustrate flaws in consumer genetic testing
One set of identical twins, two different ancestry profiles. At least that's the suggestion from one of the world's largest ...
23andMe harnesses ‘massive’ genetic database for medical research
23andMe is well known for its DNA kits that promise to shed light on a person's ancestral history and potential ...
