WorldThrombosisDay t1_irs1jn4 wrote on October 10, 2022 at 4:33 PM

Reply to comment by Ah_Go_On in AskScience AMA Series: I am Prof. Beverley Hunt, OBE, and I am a hematologist in London, England. I am also chair of the World Thrombosis Day Steering Committee. I am here to talk about why MTHFR testing is unnecessary and can cause misinterpretation. AMA! by AskScienceModerator

The EU and FDA regulatory authorities don't appear to have any capacity the uptake of genetic testing. If they didn't, we wouldn't be here today having this AMA because they would have asked everybody to remove MTHFR from thrombophilia testing.

I think it would be a great idea if they did have more control about who did what tests for what individual. Thanks for the great question!