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Does anyone here try it?

by dejv 16y ago

torme 16y ago
I sat over the shoulder of a co-worker who tried it out when they ran their $100 deal a while back. From what I saw, which was probably close to 9 months ago, it's a pretty impressive tool. Lists off drug reactions, probable diseases, where you father's family was from etc, and provides references to studies that support those characteristics.
Malcx 16y ago
Yes, when they ran the $100 offer a while ago, both myself and my better half signed up. It's fantastic, we've both been in contact with 3rd and 4th cousins, for me they are from the US, South africa and Australia. I now know I'm prone to type II diabetes, so have cut down sugar intake and had reports on dozens of other health issues. I think the current prices are a bit steep, but if they do another offer @ $100 I'll be recomending to everyone I know!
- bhickey 16y ago
  Your genetics are your own business, but since you mentioned it: what T2D mutation do you carry? One or two copies? How did they quantify and qualify your risk? I haven't spat in a tube for them, so I don't know what their reports look like.
Luc 16y ago
Yes. Signed up myself and my daughter on DNA-day (the $100 special price). I have only logged in a couple of times though. Our results were great in that there was nothing special about them, so I haven't been compelled to learn more about some exotic mutation.
- sh1mmer 16y ago
  I also did it on DNA-day for my wife and I. Again, nothing special. However, I thought there were a few really interesting things such as highlighting particular drugs I might find less effective. While this technology (and the statistical base that is used for correlations) is in its infancy there are some really interesting possibilities with extremely real world applications above and beyond early warning systems for genetic vulnerabilities to certain diseases.
ncavig 16y ago
I've tried it as well. Signed up for the same $100 special. I would really like to see integration in to my primary doctor and medical record holder so as new information comes out on drugs and therapy, I can benefit from them knowing what I could respond best to. It's far off in my opinion, and the site doesn't offer me much of a value add, but I signed up to reap benefits of future findings as well as hopefully integration into Google Health or equivalent.
ErrantX 16y ago
Still trying to convince Fedex to pick the damned thing up from me :P
- prawn 16y ago
  I'm in Australia and the FedEx drop-off point in my city is at the airport. And I'm lazy and busy enough to not get around to doing things like that. So after a few months of putting it off, it turned out that I would be in the US (honeymoon) and I decided to just deliver the tubes back by hand for a bit of a laugh. Drove out to their processing facility in LA, wandered around the corridors for 30 minutes completely lost until a woman seemed to know what I was talking about, and handed it over. Told her that I didn't trust FedEx and liked to deliver my international mail by hand. Couple of weeks later the results were online. To those considering it: as with those reporting above, it's a little interesting but not all that exciting - I guess that could be a good thing though. For $400, skip it, but if they run another $100 special price it's probably worth it if you're curious.
xutopia 16y ago
I tried it and learned (something I already believed) that I do not metabolize caffeine normally. I take longer to metabolize. That and I found some cousins on there.

Does anyone here try it?

by dejv 16y ago

Does anyone here try it?

torme 16y ago

I sat over the shoulder of a co-worker who tried it out when they ran their $100 deal a while back. From what I saw, which was probably close to 9 months ago, it's a pretty impressive tool. Lists off drug reactions, probable diseases, where you father's family was from etc, and provides references to studies that support those characteristics.

Malcx 16y ago

Yes, when they ran the $100 offer a while ago, both myself and my better half signed up. It's fantastic, we've both been in contact with 3rd and 4th cousins, for me they are from the US, South africa and Australia. I now know I'm prone to type II diabetes, so have cut down sugar intake and had reports on dozens of other health issues. I think the current prices are a bit steep, but if they do another offer @ $100 I'll be recomending to everyone I know!

bhickey 16y ago
Your genetics are your own business, but since you mentioned it: what T2D mutation do you carry? One or two copies? How did they quantify and qualify your risk? I haven't spat in a tube for them, so I don't know what their reports look like.

Luc 16y ago

Yes. Signed up myself and my daughter on DNA-day (the $100 special price). I have only logged in a couple of times though. Our results were great in that there was nothing special about them, so I haven't been compelled to learn more about some exotic mutation.

sh1mmer 16y ago
I also did it on DNA-day for my wife and I. Again, nothing special. However, I thought there were a few really interesting things such as highlighting particular drugs I might find less effective. While this technology (and the statistical base that is used for correlations) is in its infancy there are some really interesting possibilities with extremely real world applications above and beyond early warning systems for genetic vulnerabilities to certain diseases.

ncavig 16y ago

I've tried it as well. Signed up for the same $100 special. I would really like to see integration in to my primary doctor and medical record holder so as new information comes out on drugs and therapy, I can benefit from them knowing what I could respond best to. It's far off in my opinion, and the site doesn't offer me much of a value add, but I signed up to reap benefits of future findings as well as hopefully integration into Google Health or equivalent.

ErrantX 16y ago

Still trying to convince Fedex to pick the damned thing up from me :P

prawn 16y ago
I'm in Australia and the FedEx drop-off point in my city is at the airport. And I'm lazy and busy enough to not get around to doing things like that. So after a few months of putting it off, it turned out that I would be in the US (honeymoon) and I decided to just deliver the tubes back by hand for a bit of a laugh. Drove out to their processing facility in LA, wandered around the corridors for 30 minutes completely lost until a woman seemed to know what I was talking about, and handed it over. Told her that I didn't trust FedEx and liked to deliver my international mail by hand. Couple of weeks later the results were online. To those considering it: as with those reporting above, it's a little interesting but not all that exciting - I guess that could be a good thing though. For $400, skip it, but if they run another $100 special price it's probably worth it if you're curious.

xutopia 16y ago

I tried it and learned (something I already believed) that I do not metabolize caffeine normally. I take longer to metabolize. That and I found some cousins on there.