August 18, 2021 7 Facts from our 23 and Me Review 23 and Me location: California, USA Products: DNA tests for ancestry and health Reports: detailed ancestry composition, ability to find relatives, various traits, carrier status, and genetic health risks …
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7 Facts from our Invitae Review Location: San Francisco, CA, USA Products: Sequencing of gene panels and whole exomes (ordered by patients or providers) Reports: Diagnostics, proactive health, and reproductive health Data access: No Privacy: Shares anonymized, aggregated data Cost: …
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7 Facts from our Curology Review Curology location: San Diego, CA Products: Custom prescription skincare “superbottle” How it works: A dermatologist reviews the patient’s information and provides a custom acne treatment formula Privacy: sharing of aggregate customer data with third …
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Introduction You may have heard about the buzz about the gene 5,10-methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase, or MTHFR for short. Thousands of studies have been published linking genetic variants, or mutations, in this gene, to hundreds of medical conditions. These medical conditions include …
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In his famous 1859 book On the Origin of Species, Charles Darwin described the Tree of Life, noting that evolutionary descent has “sometimes been represented by a great tree.” Generations of scientists have been connecting branches between species with a …
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The Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) For the past few months, the novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2 that causes the disease COVID-19), which emerged in December 2019 in Wuhan, China, has been making headlines as a rapidly evolving public health threat. To date, …
How does your genetic code define who you are? Geneticists have known that most of the differences between individuals stem from differences in their DNA sequence, otherwise known as genetic variants. Therefore, in the past two decades, researchers have conducted …
It is estimated that 350 million people worldwide suffer from one of 7,000 rare diseases, which are diseases that affect fewer than 200,000 patients. Approximately 50% of people affected are children. Typically, it takes five to seven years to diagnose …
