Comments on: What’s up with 23andMe? http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:51:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Elaine http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-569060 Elaine Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:17:50 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-569060 Hi Andrew! Hsein Hsein is at Eye on DNA now, I'm sure she'd love to hear from you! I haven't had my genome decoded but I might think about deCODE's "deCODEme" which is similar in type to 23andme. I know the chaps at deCODE well and they are very good ... not that I'm biased as I haven't yet spoken to 23andme or Navigenetics, another provider. www.decodeme.com Good luck - we'll be in contact soon with each other and it would be great to interview you on your first hand experiences. Elaine Hi Andrew!

Hsein Hsein is at Eye on DNA now, I’m sure she’d love to hear from you! I haven’t had my genome decoded but I might think about deCODE’s “deCODEme” which is similar in type to 23andme. I know the chaps at deCODE well and they are very good … not that I’m biased as I haven’t yet spoken to 23andme or Navigenetics, another provider.

http://www.decodeme.com

Good luck – we’ll be in contact soon with each other and it would be great to interview you on your first hand experiences.

Elaine

]]> By: Andrew Meyer http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-569058 Andrew Meyer Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:14:32 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-569058 Dr. Lei, Did you try out their service? Have you had your genome decoded? Hopefully, I'll have mine decoded by the end of the year. -Andrew Dr. Lei,

Did you try out their service? Have you had your genome decoded? Hopefully, I’ll have mine decoded by the end of the year.

-Andrew

]]> By: GeneticsIsNotAJoke http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-569038 GeneticsIsNotAJoke Sun, 18 Nov 2007 11:33:11 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-569038 I do not completely believe in the information about telling you how to live so that you can avoid certain diseases. The truth of the matter is that the exact science to predict such things DOES NOT exits and such speculations could cause a lot of panic among a person’s life. What I mean is that there is no model which exists today, and predicts that if a person has a certain variant in his genome, he/she will get the disease in the future. Even if we assume that such a thing exists, i.e. if someone, somehow is able to test and tell you if you will get a disease in the future, NOTHING much can be done about it. The reason is simple: Pharama companies are not make PRE-Symptomatic drugs, i.e. they are only making drugs for diseases when you show symptoms of those diseases and almost nothing exists for you to take a drug, when you do not have the disease but might get it in the future. I believe such services by 23andme etc are just to increase panic in the world. Having said all this, it is definately a good service to offer, not now, but 10 years or so down the line, when you know exactly how these diseases are caused in the lifetime and when what can be done about them. I hope people really understand what they are doing before opting for such a service. If you have to get a disease in the future, it is better to enjoy your days in life till you get that disease, provided it is a disease for which nothing much can be done about it at this stage. I do not completely believe in the information about telling you how to live so that you can avoid certain diseases. The truth of the matter is that the exact science to predict such things DOES NOT exits and such speculations could cause a lot of panic among a person’s life. What I mean is that there is no model which exists today, and predicts that if a person has a certain variant in his genome, he/she will get the disease in the future. Even if we assume that such a thing exists, i.e. if someone, somehow is able to test and tell you if you will get a disease in the future, NOTHING much can be done about it. The reason is simple: Pharama companies are not make PRE-Symptomatic drugs, i.e. they are only making drugs for diseases when you show symptoms of those diseases and almost nothing exists for you to take a drug, when you do not have the disease but might get it in the future. I believe such services by 23andme etc are just to increase panic in the world. Having said all this, it is definately a good service to offer, not now, but 10 years or so down the line, when you know exactly how these diseases are caused in the lifetime and when what can be done about them. I hope people really understand what they are doing before opting for such a service. If you have to get a disease in the future, it is better to enjoy your days in life till you get that disease, provided it is a disease for which nothing much can be done about it at this stage.

]]> By: Genetics and Health » Gene Genie is in London http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-568431 Genetics and Health » Gene Genie is in London Sun, 22 Apr 2007 17:11:26 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-568431 [...] fortune to hook up with some brilliant people who are as intense about genetics as I am, including 23andMe, Lisa Lee at DNA Direct (with some serious IM chats with Jason Bobe), and Thomas Goetz at Wired. [...] [...] fortune to hook up with some brilliant people who are as intense about genetics as I am, including 23andMe, Lisa Lee at DNA Direct (with some serious IM chats with Jason Bobe), and Thomas Goetz at Wired. [...]

]]> By: The Genetic Genealogist http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-568402 The Genetic Genealogist Wed, 18 Apr 2007 16:54:24 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-568402 Hsien, I understand the need to keep it off the record. After all, it's a new startup in a competitive arena. I really have high hopes for the company, and I hope to be one of their first customers when they open for business. Please be sure to keep us updated when you hear something new! Hsien, I understand the need to keep it off the record. After all, it’s a new startup in a competitive arena. I really have high hopes for the company, and I hope to be one of their first customers when they open for business. Please be sure to keep us updated when you hear something new!

]]> By: Brian at babybiotechs.com http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-568399 Brian at babybiotechs.com Mon, 16 Apr 2007 18:08:57 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-568399 Please ask them exactly what the heck they're going to do to make money. Last time I looked at their website (looking for a potential job), I couldn't figure out what the heck they're planning on doing. So I passed on making an application. Looking forward to your post. Please ask them exactly what the heck they’re going to do to make money. Last time I looked at their website (looking for a potential job), I couldn’t figure out what the heck they’re planning on doing. So I passed on making an application.

Looking forward to your post.

]]> By: Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-568398 Hsien Hsien Lei, PhD Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:35:51 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-568398 <b>Blaine</b>: Thanks! I'll jot down your questions and see if I can squeeze some answers out of them. ;) Blaine: Thanks! I’ll jot down your questions and see if I can squeeze some answers out of them. ;)

]]> By: The Genetic Genealogist http://www.blisstree.com/articles/whats-up-with-23andme/comment-page-1/#comment-568397 The Genetic Genealogist Mon, 16 Apr 2007 11:10:08 +0000 http://www.geneticsandhealth.com/2007/04/14/whats-up-with-23andme/#comment-568397 Hsien, As a genetic genealogist, I am excited about the prospect of full-genome sequencing. I was wondering, however, about the potential snags in such a project, such as future DNA legislation, cost, and security concerns. Already I suspect that 23andMe would be subject to the pending “Laboratory Test Improvement Act,” which may or may not be passed. And although I personally and comfortable with storing my genetic information in a secure database, I wonder how these problems will affect 23andMe’s business. Thank you for this opportunity to ask questions, and have fun at your meeting! Blaine, The Genetic Genealogist. Hsien,
As a genetic genealogist, I am excited about the prospect of full-genome sequencing. I was wondering, however, about the potential snags in such a project, such as future DNA legislation, cost, and security concerns. Already I suspect that 23andMe would be subject to the pending “Laboratory Test Improvement Act,” which may or may not be passed. And although I personally and comfortable with storing my genetic information in a secure database, I wonder how these problems will affect 23andMe’s business.
Thank you for this opportunity to ask questions, and have fun at your meeting! Blaine, The Genetic Genealogist.

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