Direct-to-consumer laboratory testing is on the rise, as consumers become more educated and proactive about their own health. The market’s expected to grow past $350 million by 2020 – a significant ...

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As the healthcare industry continues to evolve, medical labs are finding themselves in a unique position. Historically one of the most under-recognized medical specialties, labs are now an essential ...

Investigators are learning how to take a tumor biopsy from a patient, grow small tumors called organoids in the lab, and test cancer treatments on them to see which work best. Alan D’Andrea, M.D., ...

Of its many wiles, one of the biggest impacts that the pandemic has had on society is that it forced much of the world into an existential crisis. Ever since COVID-19 made its debut, people from ...

Francis Lai ’24 is a junior majoring in public health and a 2023-24 health care ethics intern at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Views are his own. While the DTC-GT market has blossomed since ...

The NIH defines direct-to-consumer genetic tests (DTCs) as those aimed at consumers via television, print advertisements, or the Internet. Also known as at-home genetic tests they provide access to a ...