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Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by ghshephard »

jacquesm wrote: post #147
ghshephard wrote: post #22

I 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... :-)

I think you mean to say that you discovered that you have an increased chance of being lactose intolerant through 23andme, they do not tell you that you are lactose intolerant. It may have been something that you found external confirmation for, but 23andme deals in probabilities, as far as I understand the process.

Well, yes and no. Most things that 23andme deals with is probability, but there are some genetic markers that specify _traits_ instead of "probability" - these are things like EarWax (Wet/Dry), EyeColor, Bitter Taste Perception. There are, in fact, 10 "Traits" that 23andMe will test you for - And Lactose Intolerance is one of those Traits.

To be precise, their report said:

"Likely to be lactose intolerant due to lack of the lactase enzyme as an adult. Unable to drink more than a glass of milk a day due to lower adult lactase enzyme levels. (May still be lactose tolerant for environmental reasons.)"

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by DrewHintz »

jamesbkel wrote: post #144

Not to add to the noise, but was this deal based on GMT? Just went to order a 4-pack for the family and it seems gone again....

Yes, the deal is finished: http://twitter.com/23andMe/status/12732636102

It ended at midnight GMT which is also 5pm PDT, perhaps for the business day.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

#153

Post by jacquesm »

ghshephard wrote: post #151
jacquesm wrote: post #147

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think you mean to say that you discovered that you have an increased chance of being lactose intolerant through 23andme, they do not tell you that you are lactose intolerant. It may have been something that you found external confirmation for, but 23andme deals in probabilities, as far as I understand the process.

Well, yes and no. Most things that 23andme deals with is probability, but there are some genetic markers that specify _traits_ instead of "probability" - these are things like EarWax (Wet/Dry), EyeColor, Bitter Taste Perception. There are, in fact, 10 "Traits" that 23andMe will test you for - And Lactose Intolerance is one of those Traits. To be precise, their report said: "Likely to be lactose intolerant due to lack…

Hm, I'd read the 'likely' as an indicator of high probability, not as an established trait.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

#154

Post by gabeiscoding »

billpaetzke wrote: post #142
gabeiscoding wrote: post #139

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Awesome, just bought one for myself, my wife and my unborn son. Now I wonder if I can stall on returning his DNA until he's born in June...

You have 12 months to return your sample for processing.

Yea, that's great. I just saw that in the info email they sent me. It was worth taking a chance at this price even before knowing.

Also nice is with the complete package you can download your data. Maybe not useful to a lot of people, but I build genetic analysis software for a living (mostly focused on academic research - goldenhelix.com), so it will be quite fun to pull in my data and play around with it.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by teye »

infinite8s wrote: post #113
biotech wrote: post #90

For those who are concerned about privacy, you could request that they delete your information after you have received the product. It says in their refund policy: You can, however, request deletion of your genetic data by providing us with written notice to help@23andme.com. We will delete your genetic data from our records within 30 days of receipt of such notice.

Except their product can only be accessed through their website as a webapp.

Pretty sure you're able to download your raw data.

(Just bought this a couple weeks ago... waiting for my analysis.)

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by jamesbkel »

DrewHintz wrote: post #152
jamesbkel wrote: post #144

Not to add to the noise, but was this deal based on GMT? Just went to order a 4-pack for the family and it seems gone again....

Yes, the deal is finished: http://twitter.com/23andMe/status/12732636102 It ended at midnight GMT which is also 5pm PDT, perhaps for the business day.

Certainly can't blame them for placing a limit, it's quite the deal.

However, it was frustrating when I already had the $99 deal in my cart, then lost it because I didn't check out before 0 GMT.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by wanderr »

jamesbkel wrote: post #156
DrewHintz wrote: post #152

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, the deal is finished: http://twitter.com/23andMe/status/12732636102 It ended at midnight GMT which is also 5pm PDT, perhaps for the business day.

Certainly can't blame them for placing a limit, it's quite the deal. However, it was frustrating when I already had the $99 deal in my cart, then lost it because I didn't check out before 0 GMT.

Exact same thing happened to me. Disappointing, to say the least, especially since I couldn't find any info on the site that said that was the ending time.

Re: 23andme for only $99 today only

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Post by ghshephard »

jacquesm wrote: post #153
ghshephard wrote: post #151

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yes and no. Most things that 23andme deals with is probability, but there are some genetic markers that specify _traits_ instead of "probability" - these are things like EarWax (Wet/Dry), EyeColor, Bitter Taste Perception. There are, in fact, 10 "Traits" that 23andMe will test you for - And Lactose Intolerance is one of those Traits. To be precise, their report said: "Likely to be lactose intolerant due to lack…

Hm, I'd read the 'likely' as an indicator of high probability, not as an established trait.

Well, that's as close to a trait as genetics can get you. There are only 10 (of the 100+ that 23zndme track) that they consider traits.
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