Exhibit 23.1
                         Consent of Independent Auditors

The Board of Directors
Myriad Genetics, Inc.

We consent to incorporation by reference in the registration statement on Form
S-3 of Myriad Genetics, Inc. of our report dated August 17, 2001, relating to
the consolidated balance sheets of Myriad Genetics, Inc. and subsidiaries as of
June 30, 2001 and 2000 and the related consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders' equity and comprehensive loss, and cash flows for each of the
years in the three-year period ended June 30, 2001, which report appears in the
June 30, 2001 annual report on Form 10-K of Myriad Genetics, Inc., and to the
reference to our firm under the heading "Experts" in the registration statement.

Salt Lake City, Utah
November 9, 2001