23andMe Research
The Genetic Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
23andMe researchers presented one of the first and largest, broad-scale studies using genetic data to look at the human impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
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Health and Traits
23andMe At Family Medicine Experience Conference for Healthcare Professionals
23andMe will be at a conference to offer insights on how healthcare professionals can use consumer DNA genetic health reports to improve care.
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Ancestry
23andMe’s Latest Ancestry Service Update Includes Added Diversity and New Features
The most comprehensive DNA ancestry test just got better. 23andMe’s Ancestry Service adds more regions, an automated family tree tool, and trait reports.
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23andMe Customer Stories
This is My Truth, A Customer’s Point of View
Lisa Altman shares her experience having unexpected results from her 23andMe DNA test and how it changed her understanding about herself and family. As Lisa says. our DNA offers a way to discover more about what makes us each unique. While those revelations can be exhilarating, sometimes an unexpected result, like Lisa’s, can have profound implications for both you and your family. Here is her point of view.
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Genetic Counselor Awareness Day at 23andMe
As part of Genetic Counselor Awareness Day, 23andMe’s Anne Greb, MS, CGC, one of 23andMe’s genetic counselors and lead on 23andMe’s Medical Education team, answers a few of the most common questions she hears from customers.
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A Study on Physicians’ Knowledge of Consumer Genetic Testing
A new study by researchers at 23andMe and Duke University found that when physicians undergo direct-to-consumer genetic tests themselves, the process boosts their interest, confidence, and comfort with this type of genetic testing, offering new opportunities to engage with their patients.
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Our stance on protecting customers’ data
A Florida judge recently issued a warrant granting law enforcement access to search the database of GEDmatch raising concerns about privacy and data protection. 23andMe has never shared customer data with law enforcement and is committed to protecting the privacy of its customers’ data.
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This is My Truth, A Customer’s Point of View
Lisa Altman shares her experience having unexpected results from her 23andMe DNA test and how it changed her understanding about herself and family. As Lisa says. our DNA offers a way to discover more about what makes us each unique. While those revelations can be exhilarating, sometimes an unexpected result, like Lisa’s, can have profound implications for both you and your family. Here is her point of view.
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The Genetic Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
23andMe researchers presented one of the first and largest, broad-scale studies using genetic data to look at the human impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Read More
23andMe Looks at Parenthood and Sleep Quality
Parenthood has its rewards, but a good night’s sleep isn’t one of them. 23andMe researchers found that parents, particularly single moms, reported worse sleep.
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Genetic Counselor Awareness Day at 23andMe
As part of Genetic Counselor Awareness Day, 23andMe’s Anne Greb, MS, CGC, one of 23andMe’s genetic counselors and lead on 23andMe’s Medical Education team, answers a few of the most common questions she hears from customers.
Read More
A Study on Physicians’ Knowledge of Consumer Genetic Testing
A new study by researchers at 23andMe and Duke University found that when physicians undergo direct-to-consumer genetic tests themselves, the process boosts their interest, confidence, and comfort with this type of genetic testing, offering new opportunities to engage with their patients.
Read More
Our stance on protecting customers’ data
A Florida judge recently issued a warrant granting law enforcement access to search the database of GEDmatch raising concerns about privacy and data protection. 23andMe has never shared customer data with law enforcement and is committed to protecting the privacy of its customers’ data.
Read More
This is My Truth, A Customer’s Point of View
Lisa Altman shares her experience having unexpected results from her 23andMe DNA test and how it changed her understanding about herself and family. As Lisa says. our DNA offers a way to discover more about what makes us each unique. While those revelations can be exhilarating, sometimes an unexpected result, like Lisa’s, can have profound implications for both you and your family. Here is her point of view.
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The Genetic Impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade
23andMe researchers presented one of the first and largest, broad-scale studies using genetic data to look at the human impact of the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
Read More
23andMe Looks at Parenthood and Sleep Quality
Parenthood has its rewards, but a good night’s sleep isn’t one of them. 23andMe researchers found that parents, particularly single moms, reported worse sleep.
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Colonists 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 —…
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Risky Business
People often talk about genes as if they were directly related to specific diseases, as in “the breast cancer gene” or “the gene for alcoholism.” But the fact of the…
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Breakthrough 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 Breakthrough of the Year…
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Silly 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…
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Sex, 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 in…
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My 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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