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Reproducing with DNA

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Finding partners through DNA profiles has yet to catch on, but the commercial sector for preconception and prenatal testing is booming. Malorye Allison Branca reports.

Not all these offerings have been market successes. The DNA-dating market, for example, has yet to take off. Gene-based fertility testing, meanwhile, is nascent. But preconception (carrier and pre-IVF) and prenatal testing are booming and expected to reach several billion dollars worldwide in the next decade. It's become one of the most competitive markets in the world, especially in countries such as China and India, which have huge numbers of births and where home-based firms have been slower to market than those in the US and Europe (Box 1).

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  • 14 December 2017

    In the version of this article initially published, on p.1019, Yurttas Beim's name was misspelled as “Biem,” and on p.1020, Hank Greely's last name was misspelled as “Greeley” twice. The errors have been corrected in the HTML and PDF versions of the article.

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