The Power to Help, Hurt and Confuse: Direct-to-Consumer Whole Genome Testing (IMAGE)

University of North Carolina Health Care

The Power to Help, Hurt and Confuse: Direct-to-Consumer Whole Genome Testing

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Two UNC experts write in a JAMA commentary that whole genome and whole exome sequencing technology "will routinely uncover both trivial and important medical results, both welcome and unwelcome … and presents the medical community with new challenges."

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National Institute of General Medical Sciences

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