Re: [DIYbio] Start-up Fantasies

Why would you need lab accreditation? Isn't the reliability of your results
just an agreement between you and the customer?

Avoid human genetic testing unless you're prepared for an ethical minefield;
you can be on the hook for telling someone a truth they didn't want to hear.
Even worse is when you learn something that you're not sure they do or do not
want to hear, and even presenting the choice to them after the fact might be
"distressing", and grounds for a legal case. So unless you know all the
possible gotchas that might arise, and establish firmly *beforehand* what you
will and will not tell them, you stand to potentially get in trouble.

Really though, accreditation is for supply chains. For individual tasks, let
your customers decide whether they care about ISO. I wouldn't, personally,
provided I had a recommendation or some proof you know what you're doing.

On Tue, 7 May 2013 20:00:27 -0700 (PDT)
Paul Schroeer-Hannemann <zarpaulus@gmail.com> wrote:

> Back when I first found out about the DIYBio community I saw how
> inexpensive I could get basic equipment and materials and thought I might
> be able to start my own freelance DNA testing business or something. You
> know, performing paternity tests, looking for genetic disorders in people
> with a family history, telling greenies whether their food is genetically
> modified... all for considerably less than what the big companies are
> charging. I even worked out that I could get a thermocycler, centrifuge,
> electrophoresis tray, and most of the reagents for about a thousand dollars
> and the material cost per sample would be just a few bucks. But then some
> people pointed out that malpractice insurance, establishing a clean lab,
> licensing, etc. would add several thousand dollars to the expenses. AABB
> accreditation alone would be around $12,000/year.
>
> Oh well, that's reality for you. Probably a good thing that idea got
> killed prematurely, otherwise I might have even tried my idea of starting a
> company intended to spread Biotech as much as possible by enabling
> individuals or small groups to set themselves up as franchises or something.
>

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