Thanks for the thoughts @danieltillett. I'm sorry you are not getting more traction on the idea. I'd sign up for this if I had this!
IANAL but I did run an infection detection medical diagnostics startup for 3yrs that I co-founded. Since we're on HN, perhaps here is how you might get traction (note, i'm just throwing this out move-fast-and-break-things-style for the sake of brainstorming):
1. Form a company, announce the idea bigtime! (Incorporate overseas for liability protection?)
2. Sell a sequencing service that tells you the strain you have -- offer no medical advice. Not a diagnostic for medical purposes, more like 23&me (does this get around regs?)
3. Offer a free matching service to find locals with the strain, perhaps with an app to validate their strain, etc. (some incentive for the customer?)
Note this isn't legal advice, but it would be awesome if someone with the correct background could provide feedback on this approach.
As for my startup, we sold overseas in easier reg jurisdictions -- we were never able to break into the US market.
IANAL but I did run an infection detection medical diagnostics startup for 3yrs that I co-founded. Since we're on HN, perhaps here is how you might get traction (note, i'm just throwing this out move-fast-and-break-things-style for the sake of brainstorming):
1. Form a company, announce the idea bigtime! (Incorporate overseas for liability protection?)
2. Sell a sequencing service that tells you the strain you have -- offer no medical advice. Not a diagnostic for medical purposes, more like 23&me (does this get around regs?)
3. Offer a free matching service to find locals with the strain, perhaps with an app to validate their strain, etc. (some incentive for the customer?)
Note this isn't legal advice, but it would be awesome if someone with the correct background could provide feedback on this approach.
As for my startup, we sold overseas in easier reg jurisdictions -- we were never able to break into the US market.