23andMe Research
The role of genetics in personality and schizophrenia
Researchers have identified genes that influence both the risk for schizophrenia and the development of certain personality traits.The work published late last month in the journal Scientific Reports, a Nature…
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Health and Traits
Learn More About 23andMe’s New Genetic Health Risk Reports
23andMe recently started offering customers new Genetic Health Risk reports that have received FDA authorization. Below we’ve highlighted some important features in these reports to help you get more out…
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Ancestry
23andMe’s Updated Maternal Haplogroup Report
23andMe helps people trace their maternal line going back tens of thousands of years, giving them insight into their ancestry.
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23andMe Customer Stories
The Legacy of Loving
A generation ago it was a felony to marry across racial lines in Virginia and 15 other states in the south, and the repercussions of those laws are still felt…
Read MoreWorld Refugee Day
Today more than ever, it’s easy to focus on all that separates us, but our DNA tells another story. Having just landed in a small boat, a refugee family walks…
Read MoreThe role of genetics in personality and schizophrenia
Researchers have identified genes that influence both the risk for schizophrenia and the development of certain personality traits.The work published late last month in the journal Scientific Reports, a Nature…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Loving
A generation ago it was a felony to marry across racial lines in Virginia and 15 other states in the south, and the repercussions of those laws are still felt…
Read MoreHappy Father’s Day
This Father’s Day is a little different for Esther Blue.This year, after finding her biological father, Farhad, with the help of 23andMe, she can actually wish him a Happy Father’s…
Read MoreThe African American Sequencing Project
In a move to improve diversity in genetic research, this week 23andMe will start recruiting eligible customers to participate in the creation of an African American sequencing panel for research.With…
Read MoreWhy Do Mosquitoes Pester Some People More Than Others? It’s in the Genes
A first of its kind study found genetic associations between not just how much more attractive some of us are to mosquitoes, but the severity of the reaction to their bites.
Read MoreWorld Refugee Day
Today more than ever, it’s easy to focus on all that separates us, but our DNA tells another story. Having just landed in a small boat, a refugee family walks…
Read MoreThe role of genetics in personality and schizophrenia
Researchers have identified genes that influence both the risk for schizophrenia and the development of certain personality traits.The work published late last month in the journal Scientific Reports, a Nature…
Read MoreThe Legacy of Loving
A generation ago it was a felony to marry across racial lines in Virginia and 15 other states in the south, and the repercussions of those laws are still felt…
Read MoreHappy Father’s Day
This Father’s Day is a little different for Esther Blue.This year, after finding her biological father, Farhad, with the help of 23andMe, she can actually wish him a Happy Father’s…
Read MoreThe African American Sequencing Project
In a move to improve diversity in genetic research, this week 23andMe will start recruiting eligible customers to participate in the creation of an African American sequencing panel for research.With…
Read MoreWhy Do Mosquitoes Pester Some People More Than Others? It’s in the Genes
A first of its kind study found genetic associations between not just how much more attractive some of us are to mosquitoes, but the severity of the reaction to their bites.
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…
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…
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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