Alan McHughen discusses the various commercial DNA testing companies and gives advice for those interested in finding out about their heritage or medical history. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/dna-demystified-9780190092962 Alan McHughen is a public sector educator, scientist and consumer advocate. After earning his doctorate at Oxford University, Dr. McHughen worked at Yale University and the University of Saskatchewan before joining the University of California, Riverside. A molecular geneticist with an interest in crop improvement and environmental sustainability, he helped develop US and Canadian regulations governing the safety of genetically engineered crops and foods. Dr. McHughen served as a Science Advisor to the Secretary of State (Jefferson Science Fellow) at US Department of State and was recruited to serve as a Senior Policy Analyst at the US Office of the President (Obama Administration). He is the author of six books, including Pandora's Picnic Basket (OUP 2000). Additional videos on DNA Demystified with Alan McHughen: Alan McHughen and Molecular Genetics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYHov09lDwg From OJ Simpson to the Golden State Killer: DNA and criminal cases https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbSgIYp1jUA What are the ethics of DNA usage? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zam_WZtdU1g DNA and Ethnicity: How accurate are commercial DNA tests? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X3MHoB_QLkY What are GMOs? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9LuP6da5Kw Golden rice and the campaign against GMOs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9LuP6da5Kw On Genome Editing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7bBpVaP5Z0 Writing DNA Demystified: Unraveling the Double Helix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-yw0tDGGQo © Oxford University Press