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For those of you here that care about what's going on inside of you - Function is tracking 100+ biomarkers over time, bi-annually, and has additional testing av

by elamje 3y ago

For those of you here that care about what's going on inside of you - Function is tracking 100+ biomarkers over time, bi-annually, and has additional testing available for state-of-the-art early cancer detection (Grail) and Alzheimer's risk. https://www.functionhealth.com/whats-included https://www.functionhealth.com/whats-included I work here and it's amazing to watch this space unfold. Lots of great stuff going on in the diagnostic space. Measurement is the first step towards understanding your biochemistry and making changes!

yieldcrv 3y ago
nice, like I always say no conflict == no interest
scottyah 3y ago
This looks great, I'm just hesitant to sign up with any startup-y looking company these days that says they're going to be around for my lifetime. You might get more traction from people like me if you guarantee that our data will be easily exportable and testing methods reproducible. I imagine the testing methods might be your bread & butter, but it's so hard to trust any claims if the results aren't auditable. I think about how these results will matter a lot more to me in 40-50 years, and how unlikely it is for ANY business to last that long.
- elamje 3y ago
  Yeah, our internal engineering team in the US are members (me included) that want the same thing! Do you have any suggestions on file format with the ideal schema? I've done deep dives on PubMed and GitHub but haven't found a great answer for all use cases. I personally track a lot of my stuff in a spreadsheet right now but am on a personal hunt for a standard format
- hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
  I wouldn't really be concerned about the longevity of the business as long as I can get just a print out of the data, which I'm assuming is a pretty obvious feature because I'd want to share results with my doctor. Note that, on an individual level, the format of the export really doesn't matter much with the rise of LLMs. I had some past bloodwork results in PDF format, and I was amazed how I could just copy and paste the test results into ChatGPT and it was able to correctly parse and interpret the results. Others may have privacy concerns but I LLMs being able to read and parse a PDF dump of bloodwork is going to be an easy commodity.
dusanh 3y ago
I got excited about this and then I noticed it's US only.
johndavi 3y ago
Any early access codes you're spraying around? Also how does Function compare to something like your out of the box test-ordering companies? https://www.ultalabtests.com https://www.ultalabtests.com
- elamje 3y ago
  Not at the moment, but the waitlist is a real waitlist that moves forward, not the typical smoke and mirrors email marketing grab. Not familiar with that provider, but our core offering tracks this over time. I would recommend comparing the pricing of their tests to the equivalent for us. We are bi-annual for biomarkers that our CMO selected - i.e. some aren't interesting to track in 6 month intervals. You can always add testing at higher frequency if you'd like.

by elamje 3y ago

yieldcrv 3y ago

nice, like I always say no conflict == no interest

scottyah 3y ago

This looks great, I'm just hesitant to sign up with any startup-y looking company these days that says they're going to be around for my lifetime. You might get more traction from people like me if you guarantee that our data will be easily exportable and testing methods reproducible. I imagine the testing methods might be your bread & butter, but it's so hard to trust any claims if the results aren't auditable. I think about how these results will matter a lot more to me in 40-50 years, and how unlikely it is for ANY business to last that long.

elamje 3y ago
Yeah, our internal engineering team in the US are members (me included) that want the same thing! Do you have any suggestions on file format with the ideal schema? I've done deep dives on PubMed and GitHub but haven't found a great answer for all use cases. I personally track a lot of my stuff in a spreadsheet right now but am on a personal hunt for a standard format
hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
I wouldn't really be concerned about the longevity of the business as long as I can get just a print out of the data, which I'm assuming is a pretty obvious feature because I'd want to share results with my doctor. Note that, on an individual level, the format of the export really doesn't matter much with the rise of LLMs. I had some past bloodwork results in PDF format, and I was amazed how I could just copy and paste the test results into ChatGPT and it was able to correctly parse and interpret the results. Others may have privacy concerns but I LLMs being able to read and parse a PDF dump of bloodwork is going to be an easy commodity.

dusanh 3y ago

I got excited about this and then I noticed it's US only.

johndavi 3y ago

Any early access codes you're spraying around? Also how does Function compare to something like your out of the box test-ordering companies? https://www.ultalabtests.com https://www.ultalabtests.com

elamje 3y ago
Not at the moment, but the waitlist is a real waitlist that moves forward, not the typical smoke and mirrors email marketing grab. Not familiar with that provider, but our core offering tracks this over time. I would recommend comparing the pricing of their tests to the equivalent for us. We are bi-annual for biomarkers that our CMO selected - i.e. some aren't interesting to track in 6 month intervals. You can always add testing at higher frequency if you'd like.