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Would like to but it's a fair bit of money for something that is interesting rather than useful..
It's the international shipping that makes it expensive. $80 almost doubling the price.
 
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Rather not know whether or not I'm a ticking timebomb of genetic diseases tbh. Either cars or the big C will get me in the end, just like the rest of the family.
 
Happy 23rd birthday op......that's right isn't it? :confused:



Why do people start topics with absolutely zero information...
 
For anyone else who is as confused as I am, I'll do what the OP should have done...

It appears that you spit in a tube and then a company called 23andme will do a DNA test for $99 to see if you are prone to or carrying 40 various medical conditions.
 
Nazbit said:
For anyone else who is as confused as I am, I'll do what the OP should have done...

It appears that you spit in a tube and then a company called 23andme will do a DNA test for $99 to see if you are prone to or carrying 40 various medical conditions.
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True, but I suppose it's just a shame that you got it a bit wrong. It looks at 240+ health conditions and 40+ inherited conditions as well as somehow looking at possible relatives.
 
And they'll update you as more reserch is done.

In the uk though its $179 if it was $99 I would get it done in an instant, stupid shipping.
 
Maybe interesting. I'm diabetic not sure if they can tell me how likely i m to pass it on to my kids, should i have them. That would make it more valuable 2 me. Especially if they tested the mrs and compare the chances.
 
Surely we're all carrying something we shouldn't pass to our kids, in my case, laziness. That's no reason not to give it a go though! :D
 
I have taken it, as we were interested to see what the feedback was like to the end user (I work for a startup company as a project manager that provides genetic risk profiling for heart disease). I do remember answering loads of questions when signing up; eye colour, hair type, can I roll my tounge etc. My report says my hair is likely to be 'curlier than average', lol (I have an afro). Another issue is giving all of this information to the end user with no clinical interpretation plus it's genetic only which only paints part of the picture. Finally some of it can be quite daunting and overwhelming; a while back I noticed one of my reports was locked. I had to go through several steps and disclaimers to access the information which could be a tad worrying for some. It turns out I was E2/E4 for a gene called APOE (E4 being associated with an increased risk of heart disease and alzheimers). Doesn't meant I'm going to necessarily get either though. Now the positives. You can find out all sorts of information including carrier risk, disease risk, ancestry information (I supposedly found a distant cousin on there) and drug response. Furthermore it has your genotype for thousands of genes (through a process called imputation) which is handy. They maintain a good level of service and you get updated reports throughout. If you take it with a little pinch of salt, and not base serious medical decisions purely on the information provided - it's well worth it especially for the price.
 
Stuff like this does raise an interesting question though: in the future, would it be cheaper to genetically engineer our children to eliminate these diseases rather than to treat them when they occur?

There would probably need to be some sort of safeguards to prevent it from becoming some sort of Gattaca-esque future.
 
scrlk said:
Stuff like this does raise an interesting question though: in the future, would it be cheaper to genetically engineer our children to eliminate these diseases rather than to treat them when they occur?

There would probably need to be some sort of safeguards to prevent it from becoming some sort of Gattaca-esque future.
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In doing so nature will create some other new diseases to control the population which are likely to be even more deadly!
 
Yes I am highly enthusiastic about the TV show/movie/drug/band/book/website/product/dating service/restaurant/drink that the OP has enquired about.

Thank you ever so much for your enlightening description and well thought out review of the TV show/movie/drug/band/book/website/product/dating service/restaurant/drink mentioned in the OP.
 
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