DNA-testing service Vitagene Inc. left thousands of client health reports exposed online for years, the kind of incident that privacy advocates have warned about as gene testing has become increasingly popular. More than 3,000 user files remained accessible to the …
Genetic-testing companies that have decoded the DNA of millions just introduced new guidelines to protect data privacy. But those best practices failed to address a major concern: what happens to customers’ data that is shared for research with pharmaceutical giants, …
Accurate genetic testing stands to transform modern medicine by offering effective, personalized treatment. Last week, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized marketing of the first direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic health risk (GHR) tests. Individuals in the U.S. can now …
A judge in Atlanta has tossed out a lawsuit accusing a sperm bank and sperm donor of misrepresenting the medical and social history of the donor. Angela Collins and Margaret Elizabeth Hanson, who live in Canada, filed the lawsuit in …
Employers may one day help determine if employees’ genes are why their jeans have become too snug. Big companies are considering blending genetic testing with coaching on nutrition and exercise to help workers lose weight and improve their health before …
He was good on paper: Eloquent, mature, healthy and smart to boot. That’s why Angela Collins and Margaret Elizabeth Hanson say they chose Donor 9623 to be the biological father of their child. Then last June, almost seven years after …
Commonly used tests to predict disease or match a cancer patient with the drug most likely to work will be more strictly regulated under a U.S. Food and Drug Administration proposal. The plan released yesterday means the agency will review …
The genetic test firm 23andMe Inc.’s clash with U.S. regulators over the direct sale of its gene analysis service to consumers signals stiffer oversight of thousands of tests in an industry predicted to increase fivefold in size. The Personal Genome …
The Association of British Insurers (ABI) announced that the long-standing Concordat and Moratorium on Genetics, agreed with the Department of Health, has been extended to 2017. Nick Starling, the ABI’s Director of General Insurance and Health, commented “The Concordat and …
