> Critics, however, worry that students could get the idea the school approves of widely available direct-to-consumer gene-testing kits that claim to predict the risk of future health problems<p>Presuming it's accurate, I really don't see the problem with it. It's (in theory) just a more sophisticated, accurate method of predication than we've had in the past.<p>I can't imagine any health risks to ring the alarm bells about either- I haven't heard of any breaking research that shows taking saliva samples or cheek swabs to be carcinogenic for example.<p>I especially like that Berkeley's claimed goal is simply to get students talking about it.<p>I'm familiar with the fears people have- designer babies, genetic discrimination, health insurance- but it seems really silly to advocate the medical equivalent of sticking our fingers in our ears and going 'lalalala I can't hear you'