Entries from blog.bioethics.net tagged with 'consumer'

New Yorker Ridicules DTC Genetic Testing

Anyone catch the piece "Double Helix Dept: Ptooey!" in the Talk of the Town section of the New Yorker (Sept 22, 2008)? 'Tis yet another take on 23andMe, the direct-to-consumer genetic testing company. Well-written and pithy, of course, it was nonetheless too lightweight to be of much practical use, except... (read the rest)

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