23andMe Genetic Testing Approved In Britain

People in Britain can find out more about their DNA than people in the United States. Note to the FDA: I do not think you are protecting me by preventing me from seeing a profile of small changes in disease risks due to lots of single letters in my genome. I know you guys are immune to criticism. But I really wish that was not the case. The UK regulatory approval means Brits can do what Canadians already can do: get lots of disease risk information about genetic results. The vast majority of genetically caused changes in disease risks are very small. So you are unlikely to find out from 23andme that you absolutely will get a specific disease in...
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