10. Early adopters are far from naive. 9. Harassing genomics companies hinders medical research. 8. Most of the information offered by these tests is far from risky. 7. Excessive regulation will hinder the development of an important field. 6. These companies may be more qualified at interpreting genetic data than anyone else. 5. Top labs are performing the tests. 4. The companies want rules, but until recently, regulators have remained silent. 3. Adding doctors to the equation will not make it safer. 2. Testing companies have already demonstrated a great deal of restraint. 1. we deserve access to our own genetic information. - Attila Csordas

Stephe Murphy via Mr. Gunn “As I sit in the Union League, preparing for the ICOB meeting at the Coriell Personalized Medicine Collaborative……I have now seen the arrogance with which these companies were launched. Your arrogance and sneering down the nose at physicians is precisely why you WILL be regulated. I am deeply saddened that you think so little of people who have a doctorate degree in something that you do not have. http://thegenesherpa.blogspot.com/2008... - Attila Csordas

Also a classic from Stephen Murphy, same thread: “I don’t mean to be arrogant. I just get frustrated with the whole DIY gang!. I went to medical school for an extra 4 years and then on to residency for 5.” Attila: Yeah, sure, nobody likes competitors in the business first, but finally learn to live with them. - Attila Csordas

I just can't get over how he feels threatened by what could be the hugest explosion in business he'll ever see. - Mr. Gunn

The explanation is simple in his case I think: it's just the tremendous fear from competitors. He markets himself as "the founder of a Personalized Medicine practice (likely the first private practice of its kind)". On the other hand his business at Helix Health could be the right side of Central Park, where all the horribly expensive private physicians are, but he is on the wrong coast concerning the so far flourishing home of personal genetics startups, which is California. - Attila Csordas