GE CLST M71A Lecture 15: November 28, 2016 Lecture

• School: UCLA
• Department: General Education Clusters
• Course: GE CLST M71A
• Professor: Rensel, M.A.; Le Goff, A.G.; Panofsky, A.L.

Document Summary

Set conditions to start own genomic testing company. Like fitness apps on phone for caloric intake etc. solves 3 problems that have dogged genetics research. You get info, but also consenting to let companies use your data to do research. Forum question> how does snp chip platform work. Direct to consumer method for calculating disease risk. Comparing your variants to different parts of populations. Want to tell you it"s recreational info - it"s fun to know about yourself. You"ll buy it bc it"s fun and good to know how you can live a healthier lifestyle. But wait the fda is concerned over this. Appeal to customers: learn something important about your health. To fda, this claim makes it a medical device and it demands proper validation and interpretation. But it isn"t clear that these broad spectrum estimates can be validated.