2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/ Lussumo Vanilla & Feed Publisher http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=205828#Comment_205828 2009-11-28T07:32:53-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 TF http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1307

23andMe is a service that gives you a tube to spit into. Link You post them that spit filled tube and they give you a breakdown of your genome - what diseases you might develop, what you might ...

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You post them that spit filled tube and they give you a breakdown of your genome - what diseases you might develop, what you might pass onto your kids - they can even tell you if you might get hooked on heroin if you were to give it a try.

I'm thinking of doing it because I'm plain curious (everyone would love to take a peek at their future right?) - but also my health's a bit up and down and it'd be handy to know what I might be able to stave off.

Has anyone here done it? Was it worth your money? ($429)

Anyone aware of it's credibility being torn to pieces? Anyone scared of what happens when employers and insurance agents make this a mandatory requirement?]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=205829#Comment_205829 2009-11-28T07:39:52-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 gzapata http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4899

there are laws against employers and insurance agencies using that data

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=205843#Comment_205843 2009-11-28T08:59:21-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 TF http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1307

there are laws against employers and insurance agencies using that data Good to know.

there are laws against employers and insurance agencies using that data

Good to know.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=205850#Comment_205850 2009-11-28T10:10:12-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 oldhat http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=75

I don't know...this seems like a science version of a star chart, where you pay someone to read the stars and it tells your possible future....eh.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=205883#Comment_205883 2009-11-28T13:45:55-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 DavidLejeune http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4220

Quick search of ScienceBlogs doesn't return anything indicating that 23andMe is bull, quite the contrary, even.

quite the contrary, even.]]> http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=205893#Comment_205893 2009-11-28T14:23:14-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 Brian le Golem http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=1817

Gattaca, anyone?

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=206014#Comment_206014 2009-11-29T01:23:23-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 Davies0010 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=6002

I remember coming across a similar company not long ago where, again, you give them a cheek swab, and they make an artpiece of your genome. Small, or wall-sized, depending on your tastes. They're ...

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=206098#Comment_206098 2009-11-29T13:50:09-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 VertigoJones http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=4512

I'd rather have the art piece than knowledge of a litany of genetic heirlooms I'd be passing down to my kids, that sounds like selling snakeoil to me.

http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/comments.php?DiscussionID=7320&Focus=206106#Comment_206106 2009-11-29T14:48:54-08:00 2013-06-20T06:33:01-07:00 dok101 http://freakangels.com/whitechapel/account.php?u=7187

I had my mtDNA and Y-DNA tested with GeneTree. Thanks to the relatively greater affordability of full genome sequencing (FGS), I recently decided to have my FGS mtDNA tested with FamilyTree DNA. It ...

If they make further strides in their capabilities regarding the number, significance, and accuracy of disease predicting based upon the FGS, I would likely entertain the idea.]]>