Personalised DNA testing: don’t believe the hype

By Dr Mary McMillan
October 23 2018 - 7:00am
Personalised DNA tests: don’t believe hype
Personalised DNA tests: don’t believe hype

Recently I’ve had a few friends admit to me, rather sheepishly, that they’ve paid to have their DNA sequenced. Companies like Ancestry and 23andMe are making a killing from sequencing people’s DNA and reporting on their “genetic ethnicity” and predisposition to different diseases.