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[privacy] Two Companies Now Offering Personal Gene Sequencing
From: "Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>
Date: Sat, 17 Nov 2007 17:52:47 -0500
Two Companies <http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/11/17/1947210.shtml> Now Offering Personal Gene Sequencing Posted by Zonk <http://slashdot.org/%7EZonk/> on Saturday November 17, @03:34PM from the sequencing-for-fun-and-profit dept. <http://slashdot.org/search.pl?tid=191> Biotech corded writes "Yesterday, deCODE genetics announced <http://www.thegeneticgenealogist.com/2007/11/16/the-first-personal-genomic- sequencing-test-offered-for-985/> the launch of their $985 personal genotyping product, deCODEme <http://www.decodeme.com/> (video <http://www.decode.com/Webcast/> ), beating their competitors to market. Perhaps not coincidentally, 23andMe's website <https://www.23andme.com/ourservice/> is suddenly much more informative today, and the New <http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/17/us/17dna.html?em&ex=1195448400&en=fe4b355 76c951d6a&ei=5087%0A> York Times features a preview of 23andMe's $999 offering. deCODEme and 23andMe will scan about a million and 600,000 sites across the genome, respectively and assess your risk for common diseases, along with providing information about ancestry, physical traits, and the ability to compare genes with friends and family." <http://slashdot.org/login.pl> [+] biotech <http://slashdot.org/tags/biotech> , science <http://slashdot.org/tags/science> , technology <http://slashdot.org/tags/technology> (tagging beta <http://slashdot.org/faq/tags.shtml> ) * <http://science.slashdot.org/science/07/11/17/1947210.shtml> Read More... Note: 23andMe is funded by Google and is headed up by Sergey Brin's new wife.
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