This has evolved into prenatal genetic screening (PGS) where the entire genome of an embryo can be scanned for potential DNA problems.
The FDA said some of the intended uses of the PGS were "particularly concerning" because false positives or negatives may lead consumers to make important decisions about their health based on inaccurate information.
Pre-implantation genetic screening (PGS) is more common in the US than the UK, and is used by doctors to flag up embryos with an abnormal number of chromosomes - the main reason why embryos fail to implant in the womb.
The suit alleges that the company "falsely and misleadingly" advertises the PGS services.
The headteacher of Portsmouth grammar school (PGS) established a partnership with Kikaaya in 2009, with help from the British Council.
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However, he believes that PGS is now being over-prescribed by some fertility clinics, and yet it can actually lower the rate of conception and live births in couples who are desperate to have a baby.
"FDA is concerned about the public health consequences of inaccurate results from the PGS device; the main purpose of compliance with FDA's regulatory requirements is to ensure that the tests work," Gutierrez wrote in the letter, which was dated 22 November and addressed to 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki.
The FDA said that while 23andMe had initiated new marketing campaigns that show how it plans to expand the uses of PGS, it had failed to provide information that the FDA requested multiple times.
By the time of the sale, the share in MTEM held by the original trio had fallen to 16%, or around $44m – and some of that was in shares in PGS, which have fallen hard since the oil price has dropped.
