The ethics of direct-to-consumer genetic testing

October 27, 2010

A report into a 1-year investigation of genetic testing firms selling directly to consumers by the US General Accounting Office (GAO) concluded in July that test results were “misleading, and of little or no practical use”. As a result of the investigation, the US Food and Drug Administration is in the process of tightening regulations for firms that sell home genetic testing kits. (The Lancet)