[The genome and the consumer].
Consumergenetics has developed so fast that it became possible for consumers to obtain genome risk information based on single nucleotide polymorphisms data of over 250 diseases/conditions for just 99 USD. In November 2013, the American Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ordered the company 23andMe to stop returning health results because they found a lack of scientific evidence of the reposted disease risks. The ethical dilemmas associated with this are reviewed, and the recommendations are described in genome testing. Ethical dilemmas in relation direct-to-consumer testing are discussed.
Institut for Biomedicin, Health, Aarhus Universitet, Wilhelm Meyers Allé 4, 8000 Aarhus C. gunna@biomed.au.dk.
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Christiansen
D005820:Genetic Testing / Q000191:economics / Q000941:ethics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000592:standards; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide