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Regulating Home Genetic Testing: Might Protecting the Public do more Harm than Good?

A recent Human Genetics Commission consultation on the supply of genetic tests direct to the public led to calls for new restrictions on their sale. We explore the development of UK regulation of home genetic testing and consider the public interests at stake.

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By Sarah Carter, BA (Hons), MSc and Professor David Taylor, Professor of Pharmaceutical and Public Health Policy, University of London

Sarah Carter received a BA (Hons) in Psychology in 1998 and went on to gain an MSc in Health Psychology from University College London in 2000. She is now studying for a PhD in the area of genetic tests for complex disease risk factors at the University of London School of Pharmacy.


David Taylor is currently Professor of Pharmaceutical and Public Health Policy at the School of Pharmacy, University of London and Chair of the Camden and Islington Mental Health & Social Care Trust. His past roles include Director of Public and Economic Affairs at the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry and an Associate Director of the Audit Commission.


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