Join the club for FREE to access the whole archive and other member benefits.

Genetic testing kits at home - risk of false positives

Be careful of what these genetic tests might tell you

21-Jul-2019

Key points from article :

Consumer genetic tests are not appropriate as they give false positive results.

Incorrectly informs that patients are having BRCA gene mutations linked to cancers.

Increases burden on GP surgeries and NHS genetics clinics.

Needs more regulations instead of banning these tests.

Mentioned in this article:

Click on resource name for more details.

23andMe

Home DNA testing kit.

Anneke Lucassen

Professor of Clinical Genetics within Medicine at the University of Southampton.

Caroline Wright

Senior Lecturer in Genomics at the University of Exeter.

University of Exeter

UK university and member of the Russell Group of leading research-intensive UK universities

Topics mentioned on this page:
DNA Testing