Can anyone tell me if this comparison is pretty accurate?
http://www.decodeme.com/product-comparison
Seems like the snp coverage is a lot lower (green = 23andme).
23andme for only $99 today only
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#32Think twice before you give away your DNA and pay for the privilege.
I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
Re: 23andme for only $99 today only
#33I Just bought six of these. I'm stoked - this is precisely what I've been waiting for for my family. I actually discovered I was lactose intolerant (after 30+ years) through 23andme - somehow that little detail got by me... :-)
So you discovered you were lactose intolerant after 30 years, and throughout those years, you've presumably been drinking milk. Don't you think you would've been just as fine growing old without knowing you couldn't break down lactose?
Lactose intolerance is not life threatening but knowing you have it can really increase your quality of life.
It manifests itself as feeling bloated, having bad gas, and diarrhea. People who don't know they have it often assume that having the farts and feeling gross all the time is just a normal state of being. Women who have it often guess that it related to PMS. (My girlfriend was diagnosed with lactose intolerance in her late 20s)
When they figure out it's the milk and cheese and avoiding it makes the lower GI stuff goes away it can really make them much happier.
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#35Think twice before you give away your DNA and pay for the privilege.
I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
Well, today they're 23andme, arguably in fairly rough waters (which is probably the reason for this promotion in the first place).
Tomorrow they could be sold to the highest bidder, who might not feel they were bound to the terms of service of their predecessor. It could be an insurance company, for instance. And based on your name, your genetic data and a whole bunch of other factors they might decide to deny you or one of your descendants coverage.
That's just one scenario, I'm sure there are plenty of others with various degrees of chance of becoming reality.
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#36This is a great deal, although I'm torn. We are about to add a new member to our family, so this would make an awesome 0th birthday gift, but the prospects of knowing all the health information up front is rather scary (and who knows who might be able to access it in the future - it needs some sort of secure swiss bank setup).
Welcome to Gattaca!
Re: 23andme for only $99 today only
#37Think twice before you give away your DNA and pay for the privilege.
I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
People don't want them to grow a clone from their DNA and then having the clone replace them like in that the 6th day schwarznegger movie.
Re: 23andme for only $99 today only
#38Can anyone tell me if this comparison is pretty accurate? http://www.decodeme.com/product-comparison Seems like the snp coverage is a lot lower (green = 23andme).
I don't doubt it, but $99 << $2000. The technologies are going to continue to improve over the next few years until we all get cheap whole-genome sequencing, so just expect to re-do your analysis a few times as the cost drops and coverage improves.
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#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'd like to hear from those that wouldn't do this. What are your reasons for not trusting this site?
People don't want them to grow a clone from their DNA and then having the clone replace them like in that the 6th day schwarznegger movie.
I'd file that one - for now - under the 'less likely' scenarios.
Right alongside the 'genetic bullet' and the 'genocide by gene' folders.