There could be 100 million genotyping kits sold by January 1st 2020
The figure to the right is from the comment David Mittelman and I wrote for Genome Biology, Consumer genomics will change your life, whether you get tested or not. The original numbers are from ISOGG, which does a great job collating information from a variety of sources. When final revisions for the comment were due, […]
At least today we can explore personal genomics
A very long piece on the “personal genomics industry.” Lots of quotes from my boss Spencer Wells, since he has been in the game so long. The piece covers all the bases. I actually think some of the criticisms of direct-to-consumer genetics are on base. I just don’t think they’re insoluble problems, or problems so […]
Notes from the personal genomic inflection point
There’s a debate that periodically crops up online about the utility, viability, and morality of returning results from genetic tests to consumers. Consumers here means people like you or me. Pretty much everyone. If you want to caricature two stylized camps, there are information maximalists who proclaim a utopia now, where people can find out […]
Our family’s pedigree in 23andMe
With 23andMe’s new update to its ancestry, the results for my family have changed. Not for me, since I’m not of European descent, and this looks Euro-focused (no surprise). But my wife and kids are different. My wife has two great-grandparents who were born in Norway. 23andMe is picking that up immediately. It also picks […]
The 23andMe BRCA test
In case you were sleeping under a rock, 23andMe got FDA approval for DTC testing of markers related to BRCA risk. Obviously, this is a pretty big step, in principle. But the short-term implications are not that earth-shaking. From the FDA release: The three BRCA1/BRCA2 hereditary mutations detected by the test are present in about […]
Razib Khan’s raw genotype data on 23andMe, Family Tree DNA, Geno 2.0 and Ancestry
It has been a while since I posted an update on my genotype. Since then I’ve been tested on most of the major platforms. I don’t see any harm in releasing this to the public or researchers who want to look at it (though I don’t know why anyone would). You can download all the files here. […]
My son in the genetics history books
Just saw today that my son’s prenatal sequencing was mentioned in DNA: The Story of the Genetic Revolution: The ethics of sequencing a presumably health fetus will be debated for years to come. But the day of doing is already here. Razib Khan, a thirty-something graduate student and blogger, decided to sequence his first child’s […]
23andMe ancestry only is $49.99 for Prime Day
23andMe has gone below $50 for “Prime Day”! For those of us who bought kits (albeit more fully featured) at $399 or even more this is pretty incredible. But from what I’m to understand these sorts of SNP-chips are now possible to purchase from Illumina for well less than $50 so this isn’t charitable. At […]
Two opinions on D.T.C. personal genomic testing
It’s Mischa Angrist and some medical geneticist M.D. offering their opinions in The Los Angeles Times. You know what Mischa is going to say, so what’s the good doc’s opinion? It’s the first and last paragraph which are really i…