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A comment on 23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Cancer Risk. Parent comment

Re:23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Can... by aaavl2821 on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @12:10AM (#16534393)
That is fair and skepticism is warranted. A lot of those links point to one study by vinay prasad, who has a reputation as something of an alarmist. Just want to make sure people don't take that study to definitively claim a trend where none may exisr
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Re:23andMe Granted FDA Authorization for Genetic Test on Can... by ianseyer on Wednesday March 07, 2018 @02:35PM (#16539135)
While you may be right about Vinay Prasad being an alarmist (I have no idea), the second article is actually based on a bill written by 7 senators with (seemingly) no relation to Vinay's work.
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