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23 and Me

There is even an interactive blog: http://spittoon.23andme.com

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1. cmps, on September 10, 2008 at 12:42 AM said:

   23andMe

   23andMe just dropped their core price down to $399 and have inked a deal to get access to Ancestry.com’s database of users. Not quite an impulse purchase yet, but still getting down there.

   Ann

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2. Dr. David Edward Marcinko MBA MEd CMP™, on September 21, 2008 at 6:11 PM said:

   Publicity for 23andMe

   According to journalist Matthew Holt, Sergey Brin, Google co-founder and husband of 23andMe co-founder Anne Wojcicki, has announced that he has the gene for Parkinson’s disease and that his mother carries it to. She already has the disease, as did her aunt.

   Sergey has written about this on his new blog “Too” and it was picked up by the NY Times. Fortunately, if—and it’s only an “if”—Brin develops Parkinson’s it’ll be many years from now.

   However, Parkinson’s is a very serious condition which people are right to dread.

   Anonymous

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3. Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA, on December 12, 2011 at 10:24 PM said:

   To Sergey Brin

   Here is the blog and link [LRRK2] for Sergey Brin.
   http://too.blogspot.com/2008/09/lrrk2.html

   Hope Rachel Hetico RN MHA
   [Managing Editor]

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4. Kathy, on February 10, 2012 at 11:16 AM said:

   Genetic Testing and Insurance
   [One Datum]

   Reductions in the cost of genetic testing and improvements in what we know about what it tells us produce obvious benefits; if you know you are likely to have some particular medical problem, you may be able to take precautions against it.

   But, they also have at least one potential downside.

   An essay by David Friedman:

   http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2012/02/03/genetic-testing-and-insurance-one-datum/

   Kathy

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5. Hope R. Hetico RN MHA, on October 4, 2013 at 11:20 AM said:

   Company Gets Patent To Create Designer Babies

   Thanks to personal genomics companies like 23andMe, it’s becoming quicker and easier for us to find out who we are.

   http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/2/4795586/23andme-designer-baby-patent?utm_source=Copy+of+10.3.13&utm_campaign=11713&utm_medium=email

   But, will the same technology one day allow us to decide who our babies will be – before they’re even born?

   That’s the question raised by a newly issued patent, which grants 23andMe rights to a system that allows parents to pick and choose their children’s traits prior to undergoing fertility treatment.

   Hope R. Hetico RN MHA

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6. Akee, on October 6, 2013 at 12:55 PM said:

   Hope,

   I have been seeing TV commercial promoting 23andMe; just recently.
   I am in Cleveland, Ohio.

   Akee

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7. Hope R. Hetico RN MHA, on November 26, 2013 at 5:47 PM said:

   DDA Tells Google to Stop Selling DNA Kits

   In a crackdown on genetic testing that is offered directly to consumers, the FDA has demanded that 23andMe immediately cease selling and marketing its DNA testing service until it receives clearance from the agency.

   In a scathing warning letter that the agency posted on its website, it said that 23andMe had failed to provide adequate evidence that its product, Personal Genome Service, provided accurate results. The “F.D.A. is concerned about the public health consequences of inaccurate results from the P.G.S. device”.

   Hope R. Hetico RN MHA

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8. Selma, on November 30, 2013 at 1:55 AM said:

   23andMe

   Stopping 23andMe Will Only Delay the Revolution Medicine Needs.

   http://thehealthcareblog.com/blog/2013/11/29/stopping-23andme-will-only-delay-the-revolution-medicine-needs/

   Selma

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9. Samjay, on June 4, 2014 at 12:02 PM said:

   23andMe

   The FDA halted the plans of 23andMe’s to decode the genomic data of a million Americans.

   Still the CEO – Anne Wojcicki – vows to press on in an attempt to transform the American way of delivering healthcare.

   Sanjay

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10. Gershem, on April 29, 2015 at 5:47 AM said:

    Genetic Testing and Employee Health

    Your employer may one day help determine if your genes are why your jeans have become too snug.

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/genetic-testing-moves-into-world-of-employee-health/ar-BBiMiLW?ocid=iehp

    Gershem

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11. Dr. David Marcinko MBA, on April 7, 2017 at 2:39 PM said:

    23 and Me 2017 Update

    The Food and Drug Administration approved the first-ever direct-to-consumer genetic testing for people’s personal risk of contracting 10 potentially serious conditions including late-onset Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s disease, celiac disease and a hereditary blood-clot condition called thrombophilia.

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/fda-approves-23andmes-genetic-test-for-personal-disease-risks/ar-BBzvauF?li=BBnbfcN

    Dr. David Marcinko MBA

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12. Editor, on June 17, 2018 at 4:22 PM said:

    23 and Me

    5 biggest risks of sharing your DNA with consumer genetic-testing companies.

    http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/5-biggest-risks-of-sharing-your-dna-with-consumer-genetic-testing-companies/ar-AAyJfPr?li=BBnb7Kz

    Dr. David E. Marcinko MBA

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