Consumer Genetic Testing Available In Australia

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday January 9, 2011 @07:11PM from the giant-book-that's-hidden-inside-you dept.

Megaport writes "After the banning of direct-to-consumer genetic testing in Australia last July, new rules were imposed to require a physician to be involved in the process. Now a new Australian start-up, Lumigenix, has launched a genome decoding service for Australian (and global) consumers that meets the new regulatory requirements. Their products include genetic testing for health and ancestry information. The Australian government is planning to revisit the issue later this year and further regulation is anticipated in response to the emergence of direct-to-consumer genetic services."

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Re:Employers by Opportunist · 2011-01-09 20:57 · Score: 4, Funny

If Orwell could see our world today he'd probably cry out "Dammit, that was a warning not a bloody manual".

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ancestry information.. by Simon+Rowe · 2011-01-10 00:12 · Score: 5, Funny

you're descended from a criminal.