Ancestry.com wants to use DNA to estimate people’s risk of disease

Ancestry.com has spent the last two decades reading people DNA in order to help them learn about their family history, but now it wants to find a more constructive way to use those reading skills. That’s why the company has been trying to get the FDA’s permission to use people’s DNA to estimate things like their genetic carrier status and risk of diseases. It’s an interesting idea, and obviously one that could prove to be immensely beneficial to users, but it needs to get past the FDA before it can actually turn that idea into something real.