South African Medical Association, South African Medical Journal, 2(106), p. 139
DOI: 10.7196/samj.2016.v106i2.10534
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This editorial examines a number of vitally important ethical, legal and scientific concerns that have to be addressed to ensure proper and ethical implementation of direct-to-consumer whole-exome sequencing in South Africa. Individuals taking part in this endeavour must be fully informed of the positive and negative sequelae.