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Re:Genetics prof: Why I won’t waste my money on a DNA test i... by MichaelGG on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @05:03AM (#6994685)
>It's not like they're taking information straight off of SNPedia, they survey the literature

That's the point. If they simply gave people raw results and told them to Google it, that'd be fine. They could even provide a report with hyperlinks to SNPedia. But that's not a very fun marketing message, is it? 23andme wants to sell itself as accurate diagnosis, without having to actually prove they're accurate. The FDA's letter said the FDA tried to contact them repeatedly about this issue, asked them to change language, and 23andme ignored them. What's the FDA supposed to do?

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Re:Genetics prof: Why I won’t waste my money on a DNA test i... by mindcrime on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @05:42AM (#6994745)
What's the FDA supposed to do?

They should crawl back into their bureaucratic cave and carve some hieroglyphics into the walls with pieces of flint, or otherwise find some way to occupy themselves while the world goes on quite well without their unnecessary interventions.

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