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Commentary on human genetics and evolution, direct-to-consumer genetic testing, and the personal genomics industry.
Daniel MacArthur
I write about the genetic and evolutionary basis of human variation, and the companies trying to sell you information about your genome.
Daniel also blogs about personal genomics at Genomes Unzipped.
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Category: bad genetic testing
Pharyngula, via a reader, points me to the most aggressively bad attempt at a genetic testing product I have ever encountered, coupled with a truly horrific attitude to parenting.The tag line alone is hilariously inept:"Our Technology Spawned from Human Genome Project...
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 7:00 PM • 8 Comments •
Category: commercial genetic testing
Peter Aldhous reports in New Scientist on systematic errors affecting the display of his own genetic data provided by personal genomics company deCODEme. While the errors themselves are fairly benign, there's an important lesson here for consumers of personal genomics data: engage with your data and question it until it makes sense.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 7:45 AM • 5 Comments •
Category: direct-to-consumer genetic testing
Genetic testing is now mainstream enough to be sold by Amway; now, if only they were selling a test with actual value for health prediction...
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 8:59 PM • 13 Comments •
Category: direct-to-consumer genetic testing
New Scientist explores the shady world of surreptitious genetic testing - companies offering to analyse non-consensually collected DNA for evidence of infidelity, non-paternity, or even potential disease risk.
Posted by Daniel MacArthur at 4:35 PM • 11 Comments •
