23andMe Research
Hangry Like The Wolf
23andMe researchers have found genetic associations between feeling angry and irritable when hungry, or in other words feeling “hangry.” The results suggest that feeling angry and irritable when hungry may have origins in the genes that govern our personalities and mental health.
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Health and Traits
23andMe’s Newest Genetic Health Risk Report
23andMe’s new G6PD Deficiency* report provides information on whether a customer has a variant called Val68Met, which can lead to defects in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, or G6PD, that is associated with a form of anemia.
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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 Father’s Day
23andMe brought together five fathers with children they connected with through 23andMe. For most, this was their first Father’s Day with a grown son or daughter they hadn’t known they even had, until discovering their genetic connection through 23andMe.
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23andMe brought together five fathers with children they connected with through 23andMe. For most, this was their first Father’s Day with a grown son or daughter they hadn’t known they even had, until discovering their genetic connection through 23andMe.
Read MoreHangry Like The Wolf
23andMe researchers have found genetic associations between feeling angry and irritable when hungry, or in other words feeling “hangry.” The results suggest that feeling angry and irritable when hungry may have origins in the genes that govern our personalities and mental health.
Read MoreBetty’s Wish
On her birthday in April Betty Jeannotte joined a pretty exclusive club when she turned 100.She didn’t want to make a big fuss, but the managers at the senior living…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Genetics
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in the quarterly magazine the DNA Decoder, a publication written by students, for students. The magazine is designed to help students across the nation…
Read MoreGenetic Researcher Feature: Dr. Heather C. Mefford
Heather C. Mefford MD and PHD shares some of her thoughts and experiences about her work as a physician and researcher, offering insight into a career in STEM.
Read More23andMe’s Newest Genetic Health Risk Report
23andMe’s new G6PD Deficiency* report provides information on whether a customer has a variant called Val68Met, which can lead to defects in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, or G6PD, that is associated with a form of anemia.
Read MoreHappy Father’s Day
23andMe brought together five fathers with children they connected with through 23andMe. For most, this was their first Father’s Day with a grown son or daughter they hadn’t known they even had, until discovering their genetic connection through 23andMe.
Read MoreHangry Like The Wolf
23andMe researchers have found genetic associations between feeling angry and irritable when hungry, or in other words feeling “hangry.” The results suggest that feeling angry and irritable when hungry may have origins in the genes that govern our personalities and mental health.
Read MoreBetty’s Wish
On her birthday in April Betty Jeannotte joined a pretty exclusive club when she turned 100.She didn’t want to make a big fuss, but the managers at the senior living…
Read MoreMachine Learning and Genetics
Editor’s note: This post first appeared in the quarterly magazine the DNA Decoder, a publication written by students, for students. The magazine is designed to help students across the nation…
Read MoreGenetic Researcher Feature: Dr. Heather C. Mefford
Heather C. Mefford MD and PHD shares some of her thoughts and experiences about her work as a physician and researcher, offering insight into a career in STEM.
Read More23andMe’s Newest Genetic Health Risk Report
23andMe’s new G6PD Deficiency* report provides information on whether a customer has a variant called Val68Met, which can lead to defects in an enzyme called glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, or G6PD, that is associated with a form of anemia.
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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