Comments on: Daddy? http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/ The world according to a hula hooping, TKD black-belt wearing, radio show producing physiologist with aspirations of science journalism Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:08:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Robbyc http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/#comment-736 Robbyc Thu, 27 Mar 2008 23:47:18 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/#comment-736 I have done some basic research on these - non lab tests that are been used by our "1 hour trained" Police officers and the results were poor at best. Major weak areas were sample quality / quantity and of course contamination, unlike the sales PR hype from the manufacturers. Who's your daddy when you take a test at home? my bet is it wont yeild the result expected and emotional councilling and lawsuits will be the order of the day. Why cant people use trained professionals?. I have done some basic research on these - non lab tests that are been used by our “1 hour trained” Police officers and the results were poor at best. Major weak areas were sample quality / quantity and of course contamination, unlike the sales PR hype from the manufacturers. Who’s your daddy when you take a test at home? my bet is it wont yeild the result expected and emotional councilling and lawsuits will be the order of the day. Why cant people use trained professionals?.

]]> By: Marilyn http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/#comment-735 Marilyn Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:58:48 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/#comment-735 I work for Identigene and in my opinion there are many reasons people can be comfortable with out paternity test and trust the results. We are accredited with the American Association of Blood Banks we also are ISO 17025 certified. There is no FDA regulation for this type of testing at this point however our lab does testing for police and other government agencies. We follow strict guidelines and have double blind testing which make us very comfortable in saying that our testing is as accurate as possible. I work for Identigene and in my opinion there are many reasons people can be comfortable with out paternity test and trust the results. We are accredited with the American Association of Blood Banks we also are ISO 17025 certified. There is no FDA regulation for this type of testing at this point however our lab does testing for police and other government agencies. We follow strict guidelines and have double blind testing which make us very comfortable in saying that our testing is as accurate as possible.

]]> By: Mignon http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/#comment-732 Mignon Thu, 27 Mar 2008 21:52:34 +0000 http://www.kirstensanford.com/2008/03/27/daddy/#comment-732 Great topic, Kristin! I'll add that I have both received results from at-home DNA tests and written the materials that accompany at-home DNA tests. If the material that accompanies the results isn't written well, the results can be confusing even if they are accurate. Great topic, Kristin!

I’ll add that I have both received results from at-home DNA tests and written the materials that accompany at-home DNA tests. If the material that accompanies the results isn’t written well, the results can be confusing even if they are accurate.

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