Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Interdisciplinary Crossroads

Updating the landscape of direct-to-consumer pharmacogenomic testing

Pharmacogenomics has identified important drug-gene interactions that affect the safety and efficacy of medications. Direct-to-consumer genetic testing, when first introduced, included some pharmacogenomic-related genes. The current landscape of pharmacogenomic direct-to-consumer testing is reviewed. Prior published reviews of the literature were updated through February 2017 and a scan of the ...

ACMG statement on direct-to-consumer genetic testing.

With ongoing genetic discoveries and improvements in technology, more genetic tests are available than ever before. Along with greater availability has come increased consumer demand for genetic tests and expansion of direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing. The American College of Medical Genetics believes that it is critical for the public to realize that genetic testing is only one part of a comple...

A Research Revolution: Genetic Testing Consumers Become Research (and Privacy) Guinea Pigs

INTRODUCTION ............................................................................. 574 I. BACKGROUND ..................................................................... 574 A. Regulation of Human Subject Research in the United States ... 575 1. Historical Examples of Abuse ....................................... 575 2. Current Laws ........................................................

Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: A Comprehensive View

Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing refers to testing sold directly to consumers via the Internet, television, or other marketing venues without involving health care professionals. As the recent Supreme Court ruling eliminated the patentability of human genes, this rapidly evolving segment in the laboratory testing industry is starting to attract increasing scrutiny by government, scienti...

Regulating direct-to-consumer genetic testing: protecting the consumer without quashing a medical revolution.