There’s a rapidly expanding market for new DNA tests aimed at helping seemingly healthy people gain insights into their risk of developing all sorts of diseases.
The latest entrant, launched on Tuesday, promises to analyze a canonical list of 59 genes that influence your likelihood of developing certain cancers and heart problems, along with other conditions. The new GenePrism test comes from PerkinElmer, a Massachusetts diagnostics company, and Helix, a Silicon Valley startup that’s developed something of an app store for DNA tests.
