Testing times

• Autores: Donna Dickenson
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 2951, 2014, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Dickenson examines why the problems of the consumer genetics revolution go well beyond the accuracy of $99 spit tests. In 2008, The New Yorker is chronicling a celebrity "spit party", at which notables eject saliva into tubes to find out their risk of developing illnesses such as diabetes, heart disease and cancer. The firm involved is 23andMe, a direct-to-consumer genetic testing company whose service was named Invention of the Year by Time magazine. In 2013, 23andMe receives a demand from the US Food and Drug Administration to stop selling its health-related tests pending scientific analysis. In a separate event, a Californian woman, Lisa Casey, files a $5 million class action lawsuit alleging false and misleading advertising.