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23andme goes free for today: DNA testing, disease risk analysis
- Judson 16y agoThe title is a bit misleading. You get the kit for free if you sign up for their $9/mo "Personal Genome" service. Its still cheaper than before, but not _free_.
- makethetick 16y agoI've seen so many websites list this deal as 'free' today, it's pathetic since it's not actually free!
- pkulak 16y agoLast year it was $99 (I think) and people were all over it. Add in the free interest and this looks like the exact same deal.
- gcb 16y agolie. from $199 to $108. very different from free.
- jakewalker 16y agoWell, really from $307 to $108, since the $199 requires the $9/month for a year commitment too.
- gcb 16y agoeither way. not the kind of small letter bait and switch advertisement i expect from a company asking for my family info and DNA samples.
- oakenshield 16y agoKnowing nothing more than what I've read in articles elsewhere, to someone who's not going to have a child immediately, these kits provide information that is of limited use. For example, they might tell you that you have a 10% higher chance of developing a type of cancer which has an incidence of 1 in 10 (10%). Implying you're now told that you have an 11% chance of getting the cancer than the general population. Mostly, this is just going to get you stressed and not "prepare" you to face the slightly-more-likely cancer. I suppose this might be useful to figure out potential genetic defects, but as adults, wouldn't most defects have manifested already (I'm speculating here, correct me if I'm wrong).