There’s No Guarantee That Genetic Tests Are Accurate

Monday, March 7, 2016 - 12:11 in Health & Medicine

Health Even those administered by doctors lack FDA oversight Doctors rely on genetic tests to help soon-to-be parents determine if their unborn child has Down Syndrome, or if a woman has a particularly high risk for developing breast cancer. But what if those tests got the answer wrong? That might be surprisingly common.

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