I know there was a thread on this, but i thought, given the change, it made sense to start a new one.
http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/fda-approves-23andme-s-home-dna-tests-10-diseases-n743416
Good. They learned to play by the rules, and in the process the FDA tweaked the rules by creating this category of “non-diagnostic” genetic health risk tests.
Of course, the FDA can always come back and halt the sales of any product if there are safety issues. IMO, the major issue is still up in the air: who owns your genetic info.
23 and me has a “Mother’s Day” special until May 15; $20 off and it comes with gift ribbon. I think they’re overestimating the gift potential but the discount is attractive. They’ve added new health linked information in their analysis and fine tuned the ancestry information. They provide an estimation for when certain ethnic markers entered the family tree and show a graphic of chromosomes indicating the ancestry of each one, I’m not big on genealogy but still found it fascinating.
It’s matching Ancestry’s special of $79 plus shipping which ends tonight at midnight. My kid did 23 and me but it lumps Irish and English together; Ancestry separates them.
If someone in your immediate family does it too, 23 and me fine tunes the results a bit. A friend did it after her S did. After my friend did it, the ethnic group at the bottom of his list changed.
My kid did 23 and me. I’m “into” genealogy, so I knew about some of the people who had taken the test. In some cases, 23 and me got it exactly right as to what the relationship is. In others, it was off a bit.