...Janessa Mladucky; Bonnie Baty; Jeffrey Botkin; Rebecca Anderson Introduction: Customer data from direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTC GT) are often used for secondary purposes beyond providing the customer with test results. Objective: The goals of this study were to determine customer knowledge...

... consultation with their physicians. This suggests that early users (i.e. through direct-to-consumer companies or research) may follow up with the health care system. Further research should address whether intentions to seek care match actual behaviors. Table 2 Motivations to participate in the CPMC study...

...S. Hogarth The new wave of companies offering genome scans direct-to-consumer (DTC) has prompted commentary from scientists, clinicians, bioethicists and those interested in the ethical, legal and social issues arising from genomics. It has thus brought a far wider range of actors...

... Direct-to-consumer Genetic tests Health insurance Public perceptions of genetic testing Willingness to pay In regard to nutrigenomic testing, just over half of respondents (54.5%) said they would pay nothing to find out if their genes impacted the kinds of foods they should eat to stay...