direct-to-consumer testing
Direct to consumer testing in reproductive contexts – should health professionals be concerned?
... paternity testing without the father ’ s consent is a problematic legal issue, but I would argue that it is not one that can or should be addressed via health services for two main ...nity testing means it ...
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Survey of Italian Pediatricians on awareness, experiences and beliefs regarding direct-to-consumer genetic testing in minors
... pediatric testing can be unaligned with experts’ ...genome testing for themselves would consider using for their children and that 63% agreed that parents should be able to have their children tested ...
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Genotype Fingerprints Enable Fast and Private Comparison of Genetic Testing Results for Research and Direct-to-Consumer Applications
... genome fingerprints facilitate comparison of data across different reference sequence versions by 352. encoding consecutive SNV pairs, genotype fingerprints achieve a [r] ...
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Pharmacogenetic testing through the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company 23andMe
... pharmacogenetic testing, some of which are unique to a SNP-based genotyping platform as used by the DTC company, others of which are applic- able to any technology, and any method of ...macogenetic testing ...
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Medicine, market and communication: ethical considerations in regard to persuasive communication in direct-to-consumer genetic testing services
... We consider two counter-arguments one can raise against this statement. 1. People are used to being con- fronted with influencing messages, so there is nothing to worry about. Even though the first part of this statement ...
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Age of an Information Revolution: The Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing Industry and the Need for a Holistic Regulatory Approach
... genetic testing that aims to teach by using students, themselves, as the subjects of genetics-based course material is distinct from the myriad of other possible uses of genetic material in an academic or research ...
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Survey of European clinical geneticists on awareness, experiences and attitudes towards direct-to-consumer genetic testing
... to resolve them’ [41]. Similar statements for more regula- tory control (in general) have also been advanced by var- ious governmental and professional organizations [42,43]. In a previous study [44], we described how ...
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Genetic prediction of common complex disorders assessed by next generation sequencing and genome wide analysis
... genomic testing used to assess health risks and personalized health interventions, based on predictive genomic profiling offered by seven companies, pointed out that there was “insufficient scientific evidence to ...
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Are providers prepared for genomic medicine: interpretation of Direct to Consumer genetic testing (DTC GT) results and genetic self efficacy by medical professionals
... genetic testing expand, pri- mary care providers may be increasingly relied upon to interpret results for ...understand consumer comprehension of ...
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Genomic Privacy and Direct to Consumer Genetics Big Consumer Genetic Data What s in that Contract?
... of Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing (DTCGT), focussing on the contracts used by DTCGT ...regulation, consumer protection, product liability, and human ...the consumer and company when ...
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The impact of direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing on perceived risk of breast, prostate, colorectal, and lung cancer: findings from the PGen study
... Strengths of our study include its large sample size, consistency of results across four cancers, and robustness of results in sensitivity analyses. Limitations include those inherent to voluntary survey data, including ...
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Comparative Testing of Product Quality and its Practical Potentiality in Lithuania
... a direct influence on the afore mentioned processes, as the many forms of media available today allow consumers to more effectively and more rapidly access the results of compara- tive testing as well as ...
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The 10th Oxbridge varsity medical ethics debate-should we fear the rise of direct-to-consumer genetic testing?
... Secondly, even if patients choose not to undergo such risk-reducing surgery, they will be more aware of their chances of developing such cancers. Thus they can in- form themselves of the relevant signs and symptoms and ...
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Short Term International Study For Teachers As A Form of Experiential Learning: A Case Study of American Educators in Turkey
... genetic testing without the assistance of a medical professional (What is Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing?) The DTC-GT industry continues to expand, and many DTC-GT consumers are driven by ...
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Diet and exercise changes following direct-to-consumer personal genomic testing
... exercise changes that could prevent lifestyle-related chronic diseases, such as heart disease and type 2 diabetes [7]. Previous studies examining this question have re- ported that PGT is not associated with diet or ...
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Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: A Survey of Consuming Perceptions
... The use of genetic testing in the clinical setting is a fairly recent development. The process typically involves a physician ordering a test in order to confirm a diagnosis or to determine a specific treatment. ...
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Health care providers and direct-to-consumer access and advertising of genetic testing in the United States
... genetic testing for inherited breast and ovarian ...and testing, and more tests ordered than in the same time period one year prior ...more testing during the campaign period, it is not possible to ...
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An epidemiological perspective on the future of direct-to-consumer personal genome testing
... of testing may be higher when more diseases are tested for, the likelihood of having at least some benefit may still be quantitatively ...Thus, testing for rare variants with strong effects has little rele- ...
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Legislation of direct to consumer genetic testing in Europe: a fragmented regulatory landscape
... inappropriate testing of minors (Howard et al. 2011), surreptitious testing of third parties (Tamir 2010), endangering the privacy of genetic data, especially in cases of company bankruptcy or change of ...
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‘Health and ancestry start here’: Race and prosumption in direct-to-consumer genetic testing services
... Scientific research into racial differences has only recently recovered from the horrors of World War II. While the idea that race had a biological basis was not entirely abandoned in the aftermath of the War, as often ...
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