Author: Daniel MacArthur

Daniel MacArthur is a researcher at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute in Cambridge, UK, and blogs at Genetic Future and Genomes Unzipped.

Protecting Consumers From Their Own Genetic Data Will Come at a Cost

Last week’s U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee hearing into the direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing industry was a vicious affair, with more than a whiff of the show trial about it. Representatives from testing companies 23andMe, Navigenics and Pathway Genomics faced a barrage of questions about the accuracy and utility of their tests, made all … Continue reading “Protecting Consumers From Their Own Genetic Data Will Come at a Cost”