Captious certainties: makings, meanings and misreadings of consumer-oriented genetic testing

Testing Consumer Rationality Using Perfect Graphs and Oriented Discs

Given a consumer data-set, the axioms of revealed preference proffer a binary test for rational behaviour. A natural (non-binary) measure of the degree of rationality exhibited by the consumer is the minimum number of data points whose removal induces a rationalisable data-set. We study the computational complexity of the resultant consumer rationality problem in this paper. We explain how to f...

Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing: Interdisciplinary Crossroads

Yes Vote Message: a cohort receives a VOTE REQ, and it responds by sending a yes or no vote message (Yes or NO VOTE, Yes Vote also known as PREPARED message) to the coordinator (Shanker, Misra, & Sarje, 2009a) Yet Another Workflow Language (YAWL): a process modelling and execution language based on the workflow patterns and Petri nets. YAWL is also the name of the corresponding workflow system ...

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing: driving choice?

Direct-to-consumer genetic testing (DTCGT), which includes both the advertising and offer of genetic tests directly to the public [1], existed for many years before the, now famous, companies such as deCODE and 23andme made their appearance on the market [2]. However, the sharp increase in companies offering DTC-GT over the last 3 years has sparked much regulatory and ethical debate [3–5]. The ...

Direct-to-consumer marketing for genetic testing.

Paragangliomas/Pheochromocytomas: Clinically Oriented Genetic Testing

Paragangliomas are rare neuroendocrine tumors that arise in the sympathetic or parasympathetic nervous system. Sympathetic paragangliomas are mainly found in the adrenal medulla (designated pheochromocytomas) but may also have a thoracic, abdominal, or pelvic localization. Parasympathetic paragangliomas are generally located at the head or neck. Knowledge concerning the familial forms of paraga...