The DNA Download Videos, Part III
This is the third and final set of videos from 23andMe’s new series, The DNA Download, and it offers a nice way to explain another core focus of the company,...
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What’s Your Type?
We are all unique, and knowing our genotypes at specific places in our genomes may give each of us a better understanding as to why. with an alphabet made up...
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23andMe’s New Custom Chip
23andMe will soon be genotyping customers with a newly designed custom microarray chip. The new version – along with completion of additional lab space – will ultimately improve both the...
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Confusion Over Utility of Common Genetic Variations in Breast Cancer Risk Prediction
A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) this week, entitled “Performance of Common Genetic Variants in Breast-Cancer Risk Models,” has led several media outlets to declare...
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New Genetic Analysis Sheds Light on Origins of Indian Castes
For as long as humans have lived in complex communities, cities and civilizations, they have divided and classified their societies. Those divisions have been based on age, gender, appearance or...
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SNPwatch: New Study Shows When Some Height-Associated Genes Influence Growth
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...
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SNPwatch: Two More Genes Associated with Height
SNPwatch gives you the latest news about research linking various traits and conditions to individual genetic variations. These studies are exciting because they offer a glimpse into how genetics may...
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23andMe Genotyping Technology Aces Independent Tests
Sometimes our customers ask us about the accuracy of their 23andMe data. How certain are we that they really do have the genotypes we report?The answer is, very certain. We...
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Schizophrenia Genetics in Science: SNPs Are Only One Piece of the Puzzle
Genome-wide association studies, which are the source for most of the data 23andMe uses in Gene Journal (now called Health and Traits) entries, are based on the “common disease-common allele...
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