Consuming Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Tests: The Role of Genetic Literacy and Knowledge Calibration

Consuming Genomics: Regulating Direct-to-Consumer Genetic and Genomic Information

The regulation of direct-to-consumer genetic tests.

The past year has been marked by the emergence of several companies, such as 23andMe, deCODEME, Navigenics and Knome, offering tests using genome-wide technology direct to consumers over the internet. On the basis of the published research findings of GWAS and other studies, these companies will calculate an individual's risk to a number of common diseases, without the necessity of going throug...

the washback effect of discretepoint vs. integrative tests on the retention of content in knowledge tests

در این پایان نامه تاثیر دو نوع تست جزیی نگر و کلی نگر بر به یادسپاری محتوا ارزیابی شده که نتایج نشان دهندهکارایی تستهای کلی نگر بیشتر از سایر آزمونها است

FDA to regulate direct-to-consumer genetic tests.

began, genetic tests were available for about 100 diseases — most of them caused by just one faulty gene, such as the mutations that cause Tay-Sachs and cystic fi brosis. As genomic technologies matured and sequencing became less costly, companies began developing tests for a wider range of complex, multigenic, common diseases. These were initially offered by laboratories used by physicians, bu...

phylogeography and genetic diversity of the lesser mouse- eared bat (myotis blythii) in iran

in current study, 63 samples of bat populations collected from differ regions were used for evaluating the geographic variations. twenty cranial and dental characters for traditional morphometric and landmarks method on the ventral, dorsal skull and mandible for geometry morphometric studies were used. statistical analyses of traditional morphometric and geometry morphometric data indicated low...