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Re: Why DTC Genomics is Dead: The Coriell PMC

neandrothal — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 17:30:26 -0000

Actually, GINA says that insurers/employers cannot request or require that you take a genetic test. So discrimination based on *not* having a test is still illegal.

Re: 23andMe

neandrothal — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 16:40:58 -0000

That's what I thought about Coriell too, but I found this on their website. (http://www.coriell.org/index.php/content/view/1...)

"Since we are not physicians, we will not offer medical advice. We will educate you about possible next steps. An example of this would be to discuss with your doctor about modifying your diet or exercise routine to try to reduce your risk of actually developing the disease. Please consult with your physician for advice on what you can do to lower your disease risk."

So what exactly *is* "medical advice"?

Re: Legal Details of a USA Certificate of Confidentiality in Medical Research

neandrothal — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 10:51:48 -0000

The Certificate of Confidentiality prevents *involuntary* disclosure under compulsion from the government. It does *nothing* at all to prevent the recipients of the Certificate from *voluntarily* selling data to evil pharmaceutical companies. Tuskegee was "medical research" yet they weren't compelled by the government to release data to anybody.

Re: Wolfram Alpha destroys 23andMe’s Strategic Advantage? Huh?

neandrothal — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:39:44 -0000

They'll need to do better than this: http://www96.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=rs429358

Wolfram|Alpha also only has access to publicly available data. Access to all of the *abstracts* in PubMed isn't going to obviate the need for human curators any time soon.