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For the more technical customer of 23andMe, there probably isn't a need to do all of the interpretation themselves. There are tools which will take the raw data
by apaprocki 13y ago
For the more technical customer of 23andMe, there probably isn't a need to do all of the interpretation themselves. There are tools which will take the raw data and query public databases to build together a similar (and sometimes more up-to-date picture). I don't think the FDA would want to shut down something like SNPedia.
But, there is a lack of quality tools available to query public genomic databases based upon raw data received from services like 23andMe. If anyone is a 23andMe customer, try out Promethease[1]. There is probably room for selling software to DNA service customers, but it probably isn't that big of a market (yet?).
An example, well-designed tool for viewing raw data files is 4Peaks[2].
[1]: http://snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease http://snpedia.com/index.php/Promethease
[2]: http://nucleobytes.com/index.php/4peaks http://nucleobytes.com/index.php/4peaks
- tgb 13y agoHaving never heard of SNPedia before yesterday and still not being sure of it's correct pronunciation, I have no recourse but to say it as "tinpedia."
- bronbron 13y agoMore likely SNP stands for single nucleotide polymorphism, usually pronounced "snip", so "snipedia" is probably more apt. Or maybe I'm totally wrong.