&gt;It has to do with the FDA protecting the public from crappy medical devices and drugs.<p>Which devices and drugs were 23&amp;Me selling? I thought it was just crowd-sourced information about traits.<p>Think how ridiculous it would be if the FDA just shut down a crowd-sourced database about trait correlations. But suddenly when a company like 23&amp;Me correlates the two, it becomes pure, concentrated evil that must be subject to regulation.