23andMe Research
May is Mental Health Awareness Month
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re taking a moment to highlight how anyone can be there for the people in their lives by starting a conversation about mental…
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Health and Traits
Crowdsource Treatments for Health Conditions
23andMe launched a new page on conditions and to use crowdsourced data on the effectiveness of treatments on 18 difference health conditions, including asthma, depression and migraines.
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Ancestry
World Cup Fans You Can Root for Your Roots
For this year’s World Cup, 23andMe created a new in-product featured called “Root for your Roots” that customers to use their DNA to connect with a team playing in this year’s tournament.
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23andMe Customer Stories
Happy Mother’s Day
Five 23andMe customers came together this past week to reunite with the biological mother’s they found through 23andMe to celebrate their first Mother’s Day. One even met her biological mother for the very first time at this reunion.
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Awareness Month
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re taking a moment to highlight how anyone can be there for the people in their lives by starting a conversation about mental…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day
Five 23andMe customers came together this past week to reunite with the biological mother’s they found through 23andMe to celebrate their first Mother’s Day. One even met her biological mother for the very first time at this reunion.
Read MoreThe Shared Genetics of Allergies, Hay Fever and Eczema
Along with budding blossoms, sniffles and sneezing are another right of spring for millions of people with common allergies, and for humans it’s more than just a runny nose. In…
Read More23andMe employees come together to raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease
At 23andMe, we are committed to accelerating and advancing Parkinson’s disease research. So when April comes around, employees make a point of honoring Parkinson’s Awareness Month.As we’ve done in the…
Read MoreWorld Cup Fans You Can Root for Your Roots
For this year’s World Cup, 23andMe created a new in-product featured called “Root for your Roots” that customers to use their DNA to connect with a team playing in this year’s tournament.
Read MoreLargest-ever family study of migraines provides new insight into the disease
A new study found that many common genetic variants — each with a small effect — together explain why migraines cluster in some families.The study, lead by scientists from Massachusetts…
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Awareness Month
In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re taking a moment to highlight how anyone can be there for the people in their lives by starting a conversation about mental…
Read MoreHappy Mother’s Day
Five 23andMe customers came together this past week to reunite with the biological mother’s they found through 23andMe to celebrate their first Mother’s Day. One even met her biological mother for the very first time at this reunion.
Read MoreThe Shared Genetics of Allergies, Hay Fever and Eczema
Along with budding blossoms, sniffles and sneezing are another right of spring for millions of people with common allergies, and for humans it’s more than just a runny nose. In…
Read More23andMe employees come together to raise awareness for Parkinson’s disease
At 23andMe, we are committed to accelerating and advancing Parkinson’s disease research. So when April comes around, employees make a point of honoring Parkinson’s Awareness Month.As we’ve done in the…
Read MoreWorld Cup Fans You Can Root for Your Roots
For this year’s World Cup, 23andMe created a new in-product featured called “Root for your Roots” that customers to use their DNA to connect with a team playing in this year’s tournament.
Read MoreLargest-ever family study of migraines provides new insight into the disease
A new study found that many common genetic variants — each with a small effect — together explain why migraines cluster in some families.The study, lead by scientists from Massachusetts…
Read MoreColonists and Colon Cancer
When Mr. and Mrs. George Fry arrived in the New World nearly four centuries ago, they brought with them not just dreams of a better life, but a curse —…
Read MoreParty Till You Spit
A Spit Party is kind of like a Tupperware Party, only the plastic containers are smaller and they’re not for leftovers.23andMe held the first one a few days after our…
Read MoreBreakthrough of the Year
A certain provider of personal genetic information is mentioned in Science magazine’s Breakthrough of the Year article, published in the Dec. 21 issue.The journal bestowed 2007 BotY honors on “Human…
Read MoreSilly Rabbit, Spit Comes from Quids
A few years back, archaeologist Anna Dhody was thinking about how amazing it is that DNA forensic scientists can collect DNA evidence from nothing more than a discarded cigarette butt…
Read MoreSex, money, dancing, eating….and voles?
At the end of last year (2007) you may have seen reports claiming that scientists in Israel discovered the “gene for altruism.” What they actually found was that a variation…
Read MoreMy Genome is in a Tube of Spit?
Spit has DNA? Well, not exactly. Spit has cells in it, and the cells have DNA. For everything except bacteria (and some other types of single-celled organisms), DNA is wound…
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