1. But interpretation grades smoothly from "google this text string" to "evaluate a complicated formula published last week". For many variants, seq + google = interpretation.
2. The FDA is a LOT dumber and slower than you might think. Very few graduates of George Church and David Reich are going into the federal bureaucracy rather than starting companies or becoming profs.
If you have ever worked with them, the FDA is the TSA, third tier guys who do "safety theater". They assuredly do not keep you safe. They keep their budgets and jobs safe. Their general orientation is "restrict everything so we can't be blamed for anything, and then cry that we're underfunded when we've bitten off more than we can chew".
This is a much longer story but if you have an open mind on the topic start by googling "Jeffrey Shuren FDA" or the lawsuit between the FDA and the FTCLDF. Or just talk to some friends at biotechs. Most people won't talk on the record for fear of FDA retaliation, just like everyone goes along with the idiocy for the 10 mins the TSA has power over you. It's not worth losing your company/flight over a stupid rule that a bureaucrat is mindlessly enforcing.
2. The FDA is a LOT dumber and slower than you might think. Very few graduates of George Church and David Reich are going into the federal bureaucracy rather than starting companies or becoming profs.
If you have ever worked with them, the FDA is the TSA, third tier guys who do "safety theater". They assuredly do not keep you safe. They keep their budgets and jobs safe. Their general orientation is "restrict everything so we can't be blamed for anything, and then cry that we're underfunded when we've bitten off more than we can chew".
This is a much longer story but if you have an open mind on the topic start by googling "Jeffrey Shuren FDA" or the lawsuit between the FDA and the FTCLDF. Or just talk to some friends at biotechs. Most people won't talk on the record for fear of FDA retaliation, just like everyone goes along with the idiocy for the 10 mins the TSA has power over you. It's not worth losing your company/flight over a stupid rule that a bureaucrat is mindlessly enforcing.