[privacy] Two Companies Now Offering Personal Gene Sequencing

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

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." 

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Note:  23andMe is funded by Google and is headed up by Sergey Brin's new
wife.

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