Archive for the ‘SNPs’ category

Health at 23andMe: What Can You Learn?

November 18, 2010

If you’re exploring your 23andMe Health results for the first time, the sheer amount of information may seem overwhelming. There are nearly 200* reports connecting your genetics to various health conditions and traits. There is an active community of other customers asking and answering questions related to health. And if you love details, there’s also [...]

Family History and Personal Genetic Risk Assessments: A Perspective on the Cleveland Clinic Study

November 11, 2010

by David Hinds
A small study conducted by researchers at the Cleveland Clinic and reported at last week’s American Society of Human Genetics annual meeting found that family health history (FH) often gave different assessments of cancer risk than SNP-based personal genomic (PG) risk assessments obtained from Navigenics. The results have been characterized in the [...]