Comments on: Genetic Testing With 23andMe

By: Direct to Consumer Genetics of Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) | RA Education | Rheumatoid Arthritis Warrior

Fri, 22 Jul 2011 10:02:05 +0000

[...] have written about DNA testing to research health disease ancestry or the general topic of using genetic testing with 23andMe; however I will restrict these comments to the first category, Disease Risks. This category is [...]

By: smichm

smichm — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 00:26:50 +0000

hey thanks for sharing!

I tried the 23andme service and video-blogged my experience. http://bit.ly/aKereQ

By: Berry Family DNA_blog

Berry Family DNA_blog — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 10:06:33 +0000

[...] investigated with autosomal DNA once you begin to think about it.Here, Blaine Bettinger discusses his experiences with the 23andMe test.Here he discusses the ancestry portion of his testing and the Ethnic percentages.A related article [...]

By: 23andMe Testing – Another View | Genetics News 2

23andMe Testing – Another View | Genetics News 2 — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 18:01:09 +0000

[...] Here, Blaine Bettinger discusses his experiences with the 23andMe test. [...]

By: Conrad

Conrad — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:09:41 +0000

Is there anyway to buy or obtain this test or one like it for myself?

By: Blaine Bettinger

Blaine Bettinger — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:01:48 +0000

Avis – I cannot, of course, make any sort of guarantee about proper labeling other than to say that I know that 23andMe has safety mechanisms to prevent this type of situation. Regarding the accuracy of results, I know that several people have tested through more than one company and found that their results were identical or nearly identical (i.e. just a handful of differences among 500,000 SNPs).

By: Avis Grant

Avis Grant — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 16:06:46 +0000

Leery of the odds accuracy of 23andMe, I am curious as to the chance of my spit sample being mis-labeled with some other sample and results being of dire consequences. Can you ease my mind?

By: Shoshone P. Elmardi

Shoshone P. Elmardi — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:04:21 +0000

I am very impressed by this test. I also was surprised by the differences in your percentage results as posted by ancestrybydna which I tested with. This will definitely be my Next project.

Hope all is well Blaine.

Shoshone

By: Genetic Future : Genetic Genealogist on 23andMe's ancestry testing

Genetic Future : Genetic Genealogist on 23andMe's ancestry testing — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 23:56:10 +0000

[...] due to ancestry testing rather than disease risk prediction (he discusses his other results here). He’s not alone; as best I can tell, a substantial fraction of the personal genomics market is [...]

By: Blaine Bettinger

Blaine Bettinger — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:44:16 +0000

I requested the test from 23andMe so that I could conduct an independent review of the product for my readers, many of whom have expressed interest in it. They were nice enough to provide a test without cost for my review. Iâ€™ve also assisted a number of people in analysis of their own results.