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So now, people will just export their data and third party companies will provide such interpretation and the FDA won't be able to touch them. How soon until g
by cromwellian 13y ago
So now, people will just export their data and third party companies will provide such interpretation and the FDA won't be able to touch them. How soon until github has an open source project to read and interpret 23andme data-dumps?
- asdfaoeu 13y agoMost likely anyone providing such information would also be in a similar boat with regards to the FDA. Sure you could be overseas providing the data but it's not like the FDA is preventing you from getting overseas treatment.
- cromwellian 13y agoI doubt it, since those people aren't making any medical devices. Moreover, the SNPedia can be used by anyone, so an open source tool can be written and deployed as an app. I highly doubt the FDA will be able to stop that. Trying to stop someone from analyzing their health data dump is about as useless as trying to stop bitcoin transactions. About the only thing the government can try to do is to stop the public from being able to use DNA microarrays, but how long is it going to be before a cheap, consumer grade version of such chips can be made and sold in a way that the FDA can't regulate them?
- midas007 13y agoYou can already do that today with downloaded SNPs [1] with Promethease [2]. 1. https://www.23andme.com/you/download/ https://www.23andme.com/you/download/ 2. http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease http://www.snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease (non-pro version)