Anyway here’s a piece on what’s going on with 23andMe. If you did it, I would strongly recommend deleting your data now (though that may not work). If you didn’t, don’t do it. It’s not worth becoming uninsurable. There are better ways to find meaning in your life. www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The company is in trouble, and anyone who has spit into one of the company’s test tubes should be concerned.
Might not be the only one. I volunteered for the DiscoverMe study. Part of the "bait" was to get a DNA ancestry analysis for "free". I provided my saliva last August but still no results. Can't remember who was doing the ancestry test but it wasn't 23&me. www.discovermestudy.com
Discover Me is a research study that aims to analyse health and genetic information on thousands of people. The aim is to increase our understanding of many different diseases, and help improve ...
I posted this piece in a reply elsewhere in the thread, but it’s quite a fun look at the phenomenon of genetic genealogy (described here past a certain point as “homeopathic”). If you have European ancestry, you are descended from Charlemagne. Congrats, I guess amp.theguardian.com/science/comm...
I don’t think you could become uninsurable in the US because of GINA.