Letting the Genome out of the Bottle — Will We Get Our Wish?

davidd submitted, created time 11 months 3 weeks (content.nejm.org)

Genome analysis is being more affordable for us. As of November 2007, two companies have made available direct-to-consumer "personal genome services" (www.23andme.com) or "gene profiles" (www.decodeme.com) that rely on the same arrays of 500,000 to 1 million SNPs used in genomewide association studies. A third company (www.navigenics.com) has announced that it will offer similar services later this year.

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