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This would make me anxious. I remember reading about someone who learned from 23andMe that they had a terminal disease or something like that, and it drastically altered their life. I'd rather just live in ignorance.
If the disease in question could be hard to handle mentally/emotionally, they specifically include a warning that is very direct and says "Are you sure you want to know this?".
This would make me anxious. I remember reading about someone who learned from 23andMe that they had a terminal disease or something like that, and it drastically altered their life. I'd rather just live in ignorance.
edit: i don't mean this as a criticism, genuine curiosity.
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.
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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?
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.
Further, when the FDA informed them they needed approval, they didn't respond. The FDA finally had to invoke the law.
Also, I don't think 23&Me's test results have enough medical value to be used for evaluating health risks.
Further, 23&me's database has serious problems; for exmaple, they still report tongue rolling as a Mendelian trait. That alone shows that they aren't being careful with their analysis.
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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.
The FDA put a stop to crowd-DNA research via the 23AM law suit. Prior to the lawsuit 23AM had a large user base completing questionnaires effectively mapping health risks, traits and allergies to genes. Not sure what the Food and Drug administration has to do with my genes other than regulatory overreach.
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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.
The FDA put a stop to crowd-DNA research via the 23AM law suit. Prior to the lawsuit 23AM had a large user base completing questionnaires effectively mapping health risks, traits and allergies to genes. Not sure what the Food and Drug administration has to do with my genes other than regulatory overreach.
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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.
Do you mind if I ask what service she used for this?
This would make me anxious. I remember reading about someone who learned from 23andMe that they had a terminal disease or something like that, and it drastically altered their life. I'd rather just live in ignorance.
wouldn't you rather make necessary arrangements and preparations for your family w that knowledge? edit: i don't mean this as a criticism, genuine curiosity.
If you're in a position to be responsible for others, shouldn't you already have a safety net/final arrangements? Diseases aren't the only things that can kill you unexpectedly, and even without a family I have life insurance, a living will, and all my other arrangements made.
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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.
The FDA put a stop to crowd-DNA research via the 23AM law suit. Prior to the lawsuit 23AM had a large user base completing questionnaires effectively mapping health risks, traits and allergies to genes. Not sure what the Food and Drug administration has to do with my genes other than regulatory overreach.
IF you want to sell a genetic test, you need to prove to the FDA: (1) that your test is accurate and reproducible, (2) that whatever conclusion you draw from the test is scientifically sound.
The issue was that 23&Me was saying "you have this SNP, that means your risk of X is increased by Y%". The test, the result and the conclusion is not based on a rigorous testing. Hell, some of the risk associated with SNPs is coincidental at best.
That said, I'm fine if people want that info anyways, but 23&Me would need to add a disclaimer that says "Your genetic test results and the risks attributed to them may or may not be accurate."