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Contact: Shawna Williams
swilliams114@jhu.edu
202-663-5979
Genetics & Public Policy Center, Johns Hopkins University

Genetic Testing Oversight

Caption: Currently, the federal government has only limited oversight of genetic tests and the laboratories that perform tests. Whether or how much the government regulates a genetic test depends on what methods and materials the laboratory uses to perform the test.

Credit: Produced by the Genetics & Public Policy Center at Johns Hopkins University. Graphic by Christina Ullman.

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