Another problem is that many of the risk genes for common diseases like prostate cancer that are found only confer a slight increase in risk, one that may not be verymeaningful to an individual.
One might argue, however, that greater lowering of LDL might not be verymeaningful in a real world setting, that all that is necessary is to get LDL below a certain threshold to reduce the risk of heart attacks in at-risk patients.
But Mr Starmer turned down the application saying in a statement that the documents provided by Mr Watkin were "very short, lack any meaningful detail and do not provide any real support for a prosecution".