Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests are increasingly being marketed to the public via television, print ads, and the Internet. These home genetic tests provide access to a person’s genomic information without necessarily involving a doctor or insurance company in the process. Writing in the August 18, 2010 Online First edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, medical geneticist James P …
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