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Question Everything

Feb 27, 2009

Hsien-Hsien Lei posts six questions that the American Clinical Laboratory Association suggests consumers ask before buying a genetic test. One is ask yourself if you are willing to take the time to understand what the test will be telling you and if the lab is CLIA-certified. Other questions add up to seeing if the tests passes the smell test -- if the claims seem to be too good to be true or the company is trying to get you to buy other products along with the test, something maybe amiss.

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The Scan

For Those Thick Tiger Stripes

Tigers in India with thick stripes harbor a genetic change, as Gizmodo reports.

High GABA Tomatoes

The Japan News reports that genome-edited tomatoes with higher GABA levels are now for sale in Japan.

Approach for Inclusivity and Diversity

A National Human Genome Research Institute team calls for the field to "adopt diversity as an ethos."

Science Papers on Tumors Immune System Evasion; Drivers of Genomic Instability, Inflammation

In Science this week: study of how tumors evade the adaptive immune system, and more.