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Under the auspices of mutliple facets of the National Academy of Sciences and the Insitute of Medicine, an interdisciplinary ad hoc committee hosted a public workshop that brought together the scientific, medical, legal, and policy communities and members of the public to explore the opportunities and challenges posed by direct-to-consumer genetic testing. The workshop featured presentations and discussions on the many technical, legal, policy, and ethical questions that such testing raises.
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Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Summary of a Workshop
Proceedings
·2011
Today, scores of companies, primarily in the United States and Europe, are offering whole genome scanning services directly to the public. The proliferation of these companies and the services they offer demonstrate a public appetite for this information and where the future of genetics may be heade...
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