--- title: Bloom Syndrome: FDA Approves Home Genetic Test Kit description: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed Google-backed company 23andMe to begin marketing a home genetic test for Bloom Syndrome. canonical: https://time.com/3716133/fda-genetic-screeing-test-bloom-syndrome/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-20T04:55:54.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T04:34:13.278Z article:section: Health og:title: Home Gene Test For Bloom Syndrome Approved og:description: FDA approval for similar home-test kits will follow og:url: https://time.com/3716133/fda-genetic-screeing-test-bloom-syndrome/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914ca3304dd183ac/69878035cd684875eb099cc9/119021558.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5240 og:image:height: 2948 og:image:alt: 119021558 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Home Gene Test For Bloom Syndrome Approved twitter:description: FDA approval for similar home-test kits will follow twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914ca3304dd183ac/69878035cd684875eb099cc9/119021558.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A Home Screening Test for the Bloom Syndrome Gene Has Been Approved by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Feb 20, 2015 4:55 AM UTC  Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA. Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA.Getty Images by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Feb 20, 2015 4:55 AM UTC The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has allowed Google-backed company 23andMe to begin marketing a home genetic test for Bloom Syndrome — an inherited condition characterized by shortness of height and increased risk of cancer. The FDA also announced that it intends to exempt similar genetic testing devices from its premarket review protocol. Screening tests are largely used by prospective parents who are concerned that their future children may inherent harmful genetic disorders. “Today’s authorization … along with FDA’s intent to exempt these devices from FDA premarket review, supports innovation and will ultimately benefit consumers” [stated](http://www.fda.gov/NewsEvents/Newsroom/PressAnnouncements/UCM435003) spokesman Alberto Gutierrez. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3716133/fda-genetic-screeing-test-bloom-syndrome/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3716133/fda-genetic-screeing-test-bloom-syndrome/"},"headline":"A Home Screening Test for the Bloom Syndrome Gene Has Been Approved","datePublished":"2015-02-20T04:55:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T04:34:13.278Z","description":"Similar genetic testing devices will also soon be exempt from the FDA's premarket review protocols","url":"https://time.com/3716133/fda-genetic-screeing-test-bloom-syndrome/","keywords":["Research","Google","FDA","health"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914ca3304dd183ac/69878035cd684875eb099cc9/119021558.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt914ca3304dd183ac/69878035cd684875eb099cc9/119021558.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"119021558","caption":"119021558","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/research/","name":"Research"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3716133/fda-genetic-screeing-test-bloom-syndrome/","name":"A Home Screening Test for the Bloom Syndrome Gene Has Been Approved"}}]}] ```