Comments on Genetic Future: More on the 23andMe lab change-over

Ok...Ok....that's a pretty good read.....Maybe I o...

2008-04-04T03:45:00.000+11:00

Ok...Ok....that's a pretty good read.....Maybe I overshot it?
But...it does stink when LabCorp is now locked in with 23andMe and now LabCorp is locking out others trying to get into the genomics game.

http://www.g2reports.com/issues/advisory/advisory/mark_terry/235-1.html

I suspect the laboratory switch has more to do wit...

2008-04-03T23:55:00.000+11:00

I suspect the laboratory switch has more to do with bureaucratic regulations and red tape than anything else. 23andMe originally sent their samples to Illumina for testing, while deCODEme has in-house capabilities.

DeCODEme originally interpreted laws in such a way that customers from certain states (e.g. California) could not receive any gene profile results because their laboratory was not CLIA certified. They later concluded that they were exempt, since they do not actually make diagnoses.

I compared results for a person who had tested at both 23andMe and deCODEme. For the SNPs that overlapped, the rate of discordant calls was .00624%.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/genealogy-dna/2008-01/1201224021

OK, OK... I'll be focusing on something other than...

2008-04-03T23:20:00.000+11:00

OK, OK... I'll be focusing on something other than scurrilous personal genomics gossip over the next few posts, I promise.

gawker media should buy you so you can turn into a...

2008-04-03T19:35:00.000+11:00

gawker media should buy you so you can turn into a gossip site for the personal genomics industry....