Health and kinship matter: Learning about direct-to-consumer genetic testing user experiences via online discussions.
Zhijun YinLijun SongEllen Wright ClaytonBradley A MalinPublished in: PloS one (2020)
This research demonstrates that online social media platforms can serve as a rich resource for characterizing actual DTC-GT experiences. The findings suggest that DTC-GT consumers' purchasing behaviors are associated with societal events and that future investigations should consider how DTC-GT challenges our understanding of kinship structure and function, genomic privacy, and the interpretation of health risks.