Do genetic ancestry tests increase racial essentialism? Findings from a randomized controlled trial

WD Roth, Ş Yaylacı, K Jaffe, L Richardson - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Genetic ancestry testing is a billion-dollar industry, with more than 26 million tests sold by
2018, which raises concerns over how it might influence test-takers' understandings of race …

Testing Johnson's typology: Is there gender symmetry in intimate terrorism?

J Jasinski, L Blumenstein, R Morgan - Violence & Victims, 2014 - search.ebscohost.com
Despite the vast literature on gender symmetry in the perpetration of domestic assault, few
studies have looked specifically at both the female and male victims of violence. Using data …

Counseling customers: emerging roles for genetic counselors in the direct-to-consumer genetic testing market

A Harris, SE Kelly, S Wyatt - Journal of genetic counseling, 2013 - Springer
Individuals now have access to an increasing number of internet resources offering personal
genomics services. As the direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC GT) industry expands …

Impacts of personal DNA ancestry testing

CK Rubanovich, R Taitingfong, C Triplett… - Journal of Community …, 2021 - Springer
Consumer uptake of direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA ancestry testing is accelerating, yet few
empirical studies have examined test impacts on recipients despite the DTC ancestry …

Regulatory barriers to the advancement of precision medicine

D Pettitt, J Smith, N Meadows, Z Arshad… - Expert Review of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Precision medicine utilizes tailored diagnostic, prognostic and therapeutic strategies based
on an individual's molecular profile. Although it is gaining considerable traction and high …

Tilting at windmills no longer: a data-driven discussion of DTC DNA ancestry tests

JK Wagner, JD Cooper, R Sterling, CD Royal - Genetics in Medicine, 2012 - nature.com
Purpose: Discussions about direct-to-consumer (DTC) DNA ancestry tests have to date been
based primarily on conjectures, speculation, and anecdotes, despite the industry being more …

Attitudes on DNA ancestry tests

JK Wagner, KM Weiss - Human genetics, 2012 - Springer
The DNA ancestry testing industry is more than a decade old, yet details about it remain a
mystery: there remain no reliable, empirical data on the number, motivations, and attitudes of …

Direct to consumer genetic testing

C Hauskeller - Bmj, 2011 - bmj.com
Genetic tests sold on the internet often claim to profile a person's risks for a wide range of
diseases, including diabetes, Parkinson's disease, and certain cancers. 1 The DNA sample …

Governance lessons for CRISPR/Cas9 from the missed opportunities of Asilomar

S Parthasarathy - Ethics in Biology, Engineering and Medicine …, 2015 - dl.begellhouse.com
ABSTRACT The 1975 Asilomar Conference on Recombinant DNA (rDNA) research is
frequently cited as a great success in the history of science and technology policy. It …

Online Genomes: Problematizing the disruptiveness of direct‐to‐consumer genetic tests

M Turrini - Sociology Compass, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Direct‐to‐consumer genetic tests (DTCGT) provide individualized risk profiles for common
diseases through social web techniques. Academic debates have predominantly …