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The Future of DTC Genomics and the Law
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 January 2021
Abstract
Direct-to-Consumer (“DTC”) genomics has been a controversial topic for over a decade. Much work has been done on the legal issues it raises. This article asks a different question: What will DTC genomics and its legal issues look like in ten to twenty years? After discussing the five current uses of DTC genomics, it describes three current legal issues: medical uses, privacy of genomic information, and privacy in collection and analysis of human DNA. It then suggests that changes in human genomics and how it is used will make the first of those DTC genomics legal issues less important in the future, but that the third will be increasingly significant.
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- Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 48 , Issue 1: LawSeq: Building a Sound Legal Foundation for Translating Genomics into Clinical Application , Spring 2020 , pp. 151 - 160
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- Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2020
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