Comments on: 23andMe Now Available In Europe, Canada

By: dizi izle

dizi izle — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 20:11:27 +0000

thanks you

By: Dizi izle

Dizi izle — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 13:58:10 +0000

they can be better

By: CanCar

CanCar — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 15:15:10 +0000

In America only Unites States. What about the other countries?

By: asi dizisi

asi dizisi — Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:08:21 +0000

they can be better

By: Bob Jones

Bob Jones — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 10:54:17 +0000

I can’t see te point in the UK – ooh, I came from 50 miles away?

I wonder if they offer a discount for people in Cornwall where their sister is their mum and their father is their brother?

By: 1,000 Free 23andMe Kits For Davos Attendees (plus one for TechCrunch readers)

1,000 Free 23andMe Kits For Davos Attendees (plus one for TechCrunch readers) — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 06:03:09 +0000

[...] that sales are “way above expectations.” Yesterday the company started selling kits in Europe and Canada. And they just recently launched their corporate blog, fittingly called “The [...]

By: rick

rick — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 04:23:30 +0000

“more basically, genes have little to do with anything”

umm, no

By: gregory

gregory — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 02:39:12 +0000

@5, @3…. valid concerns

more basically, genes have little to do with anything, they are not “cause”, they are effect, meaning, the body is the distillate of consciousness, and subject to far more subtle causes than anything that can yet be analyzed

crude example, some people with hiv don’t get aids

self-fulfilling prophecy, the reverse placebo effect, whatever we call it, beyond mere curiousity, thinking you know something is not always useful

and as for abuse, “big pharma” will find something to do there, i am sure of that

By: Techyob

Techyob — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:59:26 +0000

I talked with some doctors about 23andme last weekend. They brought up the fact that knowledge about a pre-disposition towards an illness may invalidate your ability to legally obtain life or health insurance for that condition.

I wonder if they warn you about this when you sign up?

By: WebSideVentures

WebSideVentures — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:22:13 +0000

Arrington, have you heard back on your genetic test yet?

By: Gen-ie

Gen-ie — Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:04:04 +0000

Could make you ponder what happens if government agencies, insurance companies and employers get their hands on your results. Maybe another way to justify a phony war on terrorism.

By: Stock picker

Stock picker — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:42:42 +0000

23and me is very cool but will take years to scale. The real profit story is behind Illumina. They enable the genetic analysis through their technology. In 2007, Forbes named them the fastest growing tech company.

By: Your Daddy

Your Daddy — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:22:08 +0000

You never told us what your results ended up being? Might shed some light into why your hair is the way it is?