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23andMe Wins a Second Life, Raises $115M

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Re: 23andMe Wins a Second Life, Raises $115M

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Post by ececconi »

I was so excited when 23andMe dropped their prices to $99 a few years ago and immediately gave myself a 'Christmas Present' and bought a 23andMe kit.

I seriously thought this was the future. I was so excited to see my health information.

It was really cool to see that my spit could confirm that I'm 1/2 asian and 1/2 european. Also, I found it interesting that I have more neanderthal DNA than 99% of people who took the 23andMe test.

Other than that, all the things I've seen are marginally useful at best.

I log into my account once a year or so when I get an email from 23andMe. I understand these things take a lot of time, but I think a lot of the initial users aren't so ready to tell everyone that they need to sign up for a testing kit. I think people were so much more interested in it years ago.

Re: 23andMe Wins a Second Life, Raises $115M

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Post by mmanfrin »

ececconi wrote: post #3

I was so excited when 23andMe dropped their prices to $99 a few years ago and immediately gave myself a 'Christmas Present' and bought a 23andMe kit. I seriously thought this was the future. I was so excited to see my health information. It was really cool to see that my spit could confirm that I'm 1/2 asian and 1/2 european. Also, I found it interesting that I have more neanderthal DNA than 99% of people who took th…

  Other than that, all the things I've seen are marginally useful at best.
Part of it is that the FDA successfully sued 23AM from showing things like health risks.

Re: 23andMe Wins a Second Life, Raises $115M

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Post by ececconi »

mmanfrin wrote: post #6
ececconi wrote: post #3

I was so excited when 23andMe dropped their prices to $99 a few years ago and immediately gave myself a 'Christmas Present' and bought a 23andMe kit. I seriously thought this was the future. I was so excited to see my health information. It was really cool to see that my spit could confirm that I'm 1/2 asian and 1/2 european. Also, I found it interesting that I have more neanderthal DNA than 99% of people who took th…

Other than that, all the things I've seen are marginally useful at best. Part of it is that the FDA successfully sued 23AM from showing things like health risks.

I still see the health risks, like to heart disease, cancer, etc. Might be because I'm grandfathered in?

Re: 23andMe Wins a Second Life, Raises $115M

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Post by disantlor »

mmanfrin wrote: post #6
ececconi wrote: post #3

I was so excited when 23andMe dropped their prices to $99 a few years ago and immediately gave myself a 'Christmas Present' and bought a 23andMe kit. I seriously thought this was the future. I was so excited to see my health information. It was really cool to see that my spit could confirm that I'm 1/2 asian and 1/2 european. Also, I found it interesting that I have more neanderthal DNA than 99% of people who took th…

Other than that, all the things I've seen are marginally useful at best. Part of it is that the FDA successfully sued 23AM from showing things like health risks.

You can always export your raw data from 23andMe and plug it into third party (and I guess foreign) services that will give you some health info. Of course you should probably approach the results with some skepticism. I know someone who found out she had a gene that causes an early and very aggressive cancer and now can take pre-emptive measures that quite likely will save her life.
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