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The Future of Direct-to-Consumer Clinical Genetic Tests

Citation

Publication Date: 2011-06-01
Format: Journal Article
Bibliography: Felix W. Frueh, Henry T. Greely, Robert C. Green, Stuart Hogarth & Sue Siegel, The Future of Direct-to-Consumer Clinical Genetic Tests, Nature Reviews Genetics, published online June 1, 2011, doi:10.1038/nrg3026

In light of the meeting of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in March 2011 to discuss the regulation of clinical direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic tests, we have invited five experts to consider the best means of overseeing the ordering and interpretation of these tests. Should these tests be regulated? If so, who, if anyone, should communicate results to consumers?

Author

Hank Greely
Stanford Law School
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