アメリカでメールオーダーできるＤＮＡのスクリーニングテストという商売が可能に。
DNAテストで遺伝的な要素や特定の病気になる可能性は知ることができる。
解釈は難しいが、個人でこうしたテストが容易にできるように。
これまで禁止していたことが再び可能になったということだ。
個人にも知る権利があるということだろう。
裏にはGoogleがついているということ。
BBCより。
DNA screening kit given the go-ahead by US regulator
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A Californian start-up will be allowed to advertise a mail order DNA test that screens for a rare genetic condition, after a U-turn by the US regulator.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said the 23andMe product would “provide people with information about possible mutations in their genes that could be passed on to their children”.
It had previously banned similar tests.
The 23andMe kit screens for Bloom syndrome, an inherited disease that is most common among Ashkenazi Jews.
It can detect whether a healthy person is a carrier of the genetic variant that causes the disorder, and therefore at risk of passing it on to their offspring.
‘No test is perfect’
In a statement, the FDA also said it would provide the “least burdensome regulatory path” for future projects from 23andMe and similar companies.
“In many circumstances it is not necessary for consumers to go through a licensed practitioner to have direct access to their personal genetic information,” the regulator added.・・・
