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Can Genetic Testing Services Really Predict Your Future?

201811 minPGexplainer

Genetic testing services, such as 23andMe, claim to predict health risks and lifestyle choices, but their accuracy and reliability remain subjects of debate among experts.

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Can Genetic Testing Services Really Predict Your Future?

2018• 11 minPG

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Genetic testing services, such as 23andMe, claim to predict health risks and lifestyle choices, but their accuracy and reliability remain subjects of debate among experts.

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Lifesaving genetic tests was a goal for scientists who sequenced the human genome in the 1990s. Today, companies market genetic tests for everything from cancer to diet and exercise. But how much can tests like 23andMe truly predict? "Finding the Code" is a three-part series in collaboration with STAT.

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