Cancer Touches Everyone
23andMe is passionate about fighting cancer. We recently launched a Cancer Family History survey and within two months more than 20,000 customers have answered! We’re already learning some very interesting things — read on.
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DNA USA
Win a signed copy of Bryan Sykes’ new book, “DNA USA”, which is both travelogue and a snapshot of the genetic melting pot that is the United States of America. As Sykes writes, America is the place “where the genes of the three great continents converge.”
Talking about Breast Cancer
Roughly one in eight women faces breast cancer at some point in her life. As a research and genetics company, 23andMe is motivated most by the stories we hear from people whose lives are impacted by the diseases we study. Here are just two stories from women affected by breast cancer.
Ashkenazi and Me – Discovering Unknown Jewish Ancestry with 23andMe
Jennie Cole, c.1895 As the series Finding Your Roots with Henry Louis Gates, Jr. begins its 10-week run on PBS, The Spittoon will feature posts from 23andMe’s Ancestry Ambassadors featuring their own stories about using DNA to dig into ancestry. By CeCe Moore I have always felt a special affinity for Jewish people and their [...]
The War Waged Within: Autoimmunity in Women
There are many wonderful things about being a woman, but our increased risk of autoimmune disease is not one of them. Why these “civil wars” within the body affect women much more frequently than men is a medical mystery that researchers are still trying to understand.
Quiz Answers: Heritability Demystified
Congratulations to Monica P., the winner of our heritability quiz! Read on for the answers and to learn more about what we can say about nature vs. nurture.
