Someexecutivesin thegenetictestingindustrysayitis capable of regulatingitself while otherssay they would welcomemorefederalstandardstoprovide reassurance to consumers.
Hamburg and Jeffrey Shuren, the director of the Center for Devices and Radiological Health, also have stumbled in a ham-handed attempt, announced two years ago, to expand regulatory control over the genetictestingindustry, also regulated by CDRH.
Earlier this year, in a Forbes issue focused on the burgeoning consumer geneticindustry, I wrote a small piece on the possibility for surreptitious DNA testing, i.e. someone sending your genetic information to a DNA lab without your knowledge.