Consumers Need Protection From Unrealistic Claims Of Home Genetic Tests
Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests are increasingly being marketed to the public via television, print ads, and the Internet.
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Consumers Need Protection From Unrealistic Claims Of Home Genetic Tests
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
Home DNA tests make 'unrealistic claims:' MDs
Consumers need to be protected from home genetic tests that are sold online and make unrealistic claims, doctors say the New England Journal of Medicine.