Can you tell me which is the mutation for huntingon's? If not, someone is going to have to tell you where it is and what the 'bad' genotype is. That interaction should be regulated.
I'm all for people having access to their data, but blood pressure is an easy concept for people to get their heads around. Interpreting it isn't hard. And we've been using it clinically for close to 100 years. Genotypes are different. You don't ask people to read and ECG. Sure, you can see it, and you can have a doctor explain to you what it means. That doesn't mean you should be able to go to a drug store, hook yourself up to electrodes, and decide that you don't have an arrhythmia.
Mutations and known sequences are factual, unchanging pieces of knowledge that I could research and check against my own sequence information if I had the time and desire. So, why not allow me to pay someone else to do it automatically. There is no medical interpretation being made. Matching sequences is a completely objective process.
If I want a medical professional's interpretation of the results, I can go see my doctor with my sequencing.
Dispensing medical advice without a license is already a heavily policed offense. We don't need more redundant laws on the books.
I'm all for people having access to their data, but blood pressure is an easy concept for people to get their heads around. Interpreting it isn't hard. And we've been using it clinically for close to 100 years. Genotypes are different. You don't ask people to read and ECG. Sure, you can see it, and you can have a doctor explain to you what it means. That doesn't mean you should be able to go to a drug store, hook yourself up to electrodes, and decide that you don't have an arrhythmia.