June 13, 2013
Sixty years after Crick and Watson showed us the double helix structure of DNA, the Smithsonian opens the exhibition “Genome: Unlocking Life’s Code,” showing us all how the genetic revolution continues to change our lives, our health and our understanding of the human story. The exhibition — just [...]
March 26, 2013
Boston CBS station WBZ ran a piece this week about 23andMe customer Kristen Whitaker, who took our test and learned something that changed her life. She told us that she'd signed up for 23andMe at the request of her doctor, Mark Costa, who used the test to help him develop a wellness plan for her. Dr. [...]
August 20, 2012
This is a guest post from a 23andMe customer, who took a journey to learn about her ancestry. By Alyssa Gradstein I took the 23andMe DNA test to find out who I was. I was adopted and ethnically mixed. I can’t count the number of times in my 30 years I’ve been asked: “What are you?” It [...]
August 16, 2012
August is Medic Alert Awareness Month. Medical identification tags such as those available from the Medic Alert Foundation provide emergency responders and health care providers with immediate access to important information about your health. Having this information accessible could save your life. The post [...]
August 14, 2012
August is Medic Alert Awareness Month. Medical identification (ID) tags such as those available from the Medic Alert Foundation provide emergency responders and health care providers with immediate access to important information about your health. Having this information accessible could save your [...]
July 18, 2012
July is National Hemochromatosis Month, and 23andMe will be highlighting stories and research related to this genetic disease that can quietly lead to iron overload ultimately causing damage to the liver, kidney, heart and other organs. Triathlete and research scientist Shauna Dudley says her tastes are [...]
May 29, 2012
By Meghan Mullins Before joining 23andMe, I worked at a more traditional genetic research lab. Like virtually all research centers, we didn’t return genetic results to our research participants. I occasionally thought about what that meant, that I knew more about an anonymous stranger’s DNA than he [...]
May 18, 2012
Do You Have a Story? How have you been affected by breast cancer? Tell us your story and help all of us learn more about the disease. (To share your story, please leave a comment at the end of this post. 23andMe customers can also share their stories in our Breast Cancer Community Group.) Roughly [...]
May 17, 2012
Jennie Cole, c.1895 As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By CeCe Moore I have always felt a special affinity for [...]
May 2, 2012
As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By Tim Janzen, M.D. Many American families have a family legend that they [...]
