The three main personalized genomics companies that have hinted at their offerings (23andMe, deCODEme, and Navigenics) are all basically offering the same product, SNP genotyping:
23andMe: 550k SNPs + 30k custom SNPs, $999
deCODEme: >1M SNPs, $985
Navigenics: $2500, with hints at a "lock-in" model where you purchase a subscription service for continued updates as science understands more about disease:genotype correlation.
...however, deCODEme is founded by perhaps the largest private genetics-centered biopharma firm. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as the IT-strong 23andMe competes with the science-strong deCODEme.
One company that was not mentioned is Knome. They haven't released details of their service, but instead of SNPs, they plan to offer whole genome sequencing. This is the direction that all of the above companies will head, once it's economically feasible to sequence the whole genome.
I haven't bought a CD (or even pirated modern music) in years (>4). When I discovered Andy McKee and his record company, where you can buy unprotected MP3 and transcriptions of his music, I spent >$100 on the equivalent of _one album_.
It's all about the content and the distribution method.
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Err...but Ubuntu does = the most usable to date for non technie end users. That's the point.
As soon as he has the info, he cannot trade on it as he is an insider. Simple.
The judge is an idiot.
Neither of those companies in the parent are doing _anything_ even slightly different from 23andMe. Still a small sampling of SNP's.
The company that is doing something different is Knome. Complete genome sequence for $350,000.
A publicly driven effort can be found in the Personal Genome Project.
The three main personalized genomics companies that have hinted at their offerings (23andMe, deCODEme, and Navigenics) are all basically offering the same product, SNP genotyping:
...however, deCODEme is founded by perhaps the largest private genetics-centered biopharma firm. It will be interesting to see how this plays out as the IT-strong 23andMe competes with the science-strong deCODEme.
23andMe: 550k SNPs + 30k custom SNPs, $999
deCODEme: >1M SNPs, $985
Navigenics: $2500, with hints at a "lock-in" model where you purchase a subscription service for continued updates as science understands more about disease:genotype correlation.
One company that was not mentioned is Knome. They haven't released details of their service, but instead of SNPs, they plan to offer whole genome sequencing. This is the direction that all of the above companies will head, once it's economically feasible to sequence the whole genome.
(Most of this has been summarized on my site: http://seqanswers.com)
I haven't bought a CD (or even pirated modern music) in years (>4). When I discovered Andy McKee and his record company, where you can buy unprotected MP3 and transcriptions of his music, I spent >$100 on the equivalent of _one album_.
It's all about the content and the distribution method.