clipped from: www.philly.com Now you can buy a paternity test at any of 4,363 Rite Aid drugstores, thus exposing your suspicious mind or perhaps your cheating heart to the person on the other side of the counter.
The tests, marketed by Utah-based Identigene, employs a DNA fingerprinting technique similar to those used to solve crimes. They were introduced in Rite Aid stores on the West Coast last fall, and after 10,000 of them flew from the shelves, the company decided to market them in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and 27 other states, plus Washington, D.C.
For up to $29.99 plus a $119 lab fee, customers can pick up a kit, scrape a few cells from the cheek of the child, mother and putative father, then send it to Identigene, where it is analyzed and sent back within three to five business days.