MassDevice -- MASSDEVICE ON CALL: An evident untruth made during questioning by a U.S. House committee is landing Dr. Jeffrey Shuren, head of the FDA’ medical device branch, in hot water with scientists and bloggers. Testifying before a House Energy & Commerce Committee on direct-to-consumer genetic tests last summer, Shuren told Rep. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) that companies that make the tests do not conduct their own research.
