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Need to Protect Consumers from Exaggerated Claims of Home Genetic Tests
Direct to consumer (DTC) genetic tests are increasingly being marketed to the public via television, print ads, and the Internet.
These home genetic tests provide access to a person's genomic information without necessarily involving a doctor or insurance company in the process.
And now, medical geneticist Dr. James P. Evans, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine and colleagues have said that medical professionals "must ensure that rapidly evolving and multiplying genomic technologies are responsibly harnessed and that their promise is not oversold to the public."
In their article, the authors argued that "a primary role of health care professionals in the future may be to interpret their patients' DTC genetic test results and advise them about appropriate follow-up."
While the authors acknowledge that individuals should continue to be permitted direct access to their genomic information, they noted that "consumers must be protected from unrealistic claims and the misinterpretation of complex and dynamic genomic information."
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