LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- For the first time, the FDA approved the sale of an at-home genetic test that gives information about a person's risk for certain diseases. A California company will now market ...

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Advances in science and medicine have brought the laboratory into our homes to learn if we’re pregnant, HIV positive, or even find out which neighbor dog is pooping on our lawn. Genetic screening is ...

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The FDA may tighten regulations on at-home genetic tests and will ask an outside panel of experts to weigh in on the pros and cons of gene-based tests that consumers can order from their own home.

I was one of the first to spit into a test tube, giving up my DNA forever to learn more about my health and heredity. You know, the ones that promise to connect you with distant relatives you didn’t ...

Patients must work with their healthcare team to interpret direct-to-consumer genetic test results alongside clinical context and family histories, Susan M. Domchek, MD, executive director of the ...

Once a promising company briefly valued at $6 billion, 23andMe popularized at-home DNA test kits and spawned a cottage industry of ancestry hunters and true crime sleuths. But the company could not ...