$999 For a Complete DNA Scan, Worth it?

Posted by CmdrTaco on Monday December 3, 2007 @05:03AM from the something-to-think-about dept.

DoroSurfer writes "ZDNet is reporting that 23andme.com will open its doors on Monday, allowing you to send them a cheek swab and have your DNA analyzed for $999 (plus shipping, of course... ;)). So what's a thousand bucks buy you? They can tell you your ancient ancestry, They can tell you what diseases you're predisposed to, They give you a "Gene Explorer" that allows you to do a search in your genome to find out if you have a certain gene (e.g., you just heard on the news that Gene XYZ has been linked to Alzheimer's Disease)."

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Check to make sure it's "your" sequence by MDMurphy · 2007-12-03 05:32 · Score: 0, Troll

There's another company out there doing wall art based on your DNA sample. If I cared enough to spend the money I'd pondered sending them 2 samples, but from different customer names. In theory, the art should have matched.

I'd like to see some consumer watchdog group do this with these guys. Send the same sample, supposedly from different people, then compare the results.