[netmilsmom]

“He says a bio tech firm in San Diego has been interested in his test, and will help perform clinical trials on his product in order to win FDA approval”

Why do you need FDA approval? It’s a paper that detects a protein?

Thank God for this brilliant young man!

(makes me want to motivate my 14-year-old!)

[Ron/GA]

"Why do you need FDA approval? It’s a paper that detects a protein?"

FDA approval is required to prove the efficacy of the test. If people are going to rely on it to tell them whether they are actually sick or not, you have to know that it works and under what conditions it works.