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Published online 25 June 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/4531148a

Gene-testing firms face legal battle

The state of California is clamping down on companies that offer direct-to-consumer genetic testing in a move that threatens the burgeoning industry. Meredith Wadman looks at a grey area in US regulation.

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