Health reports from direct-to-consumer genetic tests 'woefully incomplete'
Direct-to-consumer genetic tests should not be used as a basis for medical decision making, according to two separate studies released last week...
The Food and Drug administration is a US federal agency responsible for protecting public health. It is the body responsible for regulation and approval of drugs and other pharmaceutical products such as vaccines within the USA.
by Jen Willows
Direct-to-consumer genetic tests should not be used as a basis for medical decision making, according to two separate studies released last week...
by Jen Willows
A cluster of 12 children conceived from the same sperm donor all have autism spectrum disorders, prompting questions about the oversight of US sperm banks...
by Jen Willows
Google has announced a new Healthcare and Medicines policy whereby clinics offering 'unproven or experimental medical techniques' will not be allowed to advertise on the platform...
More and more people are using DNA testing websites. The curiosity about one's ancestry seems to be growing, especially in the USA. In doing so, millions of people are giving away all rights to their genetic information without much concern about what can
Scientists and patient advocates are lobbying US lawmakers to allow mitochondrial donation to be used to help avoid severe mitochondrial disease...
The New York attorney general, Letitia James, has filed a lawsuit against a stem cell clinic and the sole doctor working there, for allegedly mis-selling unproven treatments to vulnerable patients...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a direct-to-consumer genetic test for a hereditary form of colorectal cancer by 23andMe...
Experts have strongly criticised a claim that embryos lost during a storage tank failure at a fertility clinic were 'people'...
The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the first consumer pharmacogenetic test, but not without crucial caveats...
An evocative and arresting sight hung suspended at the entrance to Egg. Sarah Bebe Holmes lay coiled inside a clear plastic bag of water, eyes closed, delicately moving her fists like a fetus in the womb...
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