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A comment on ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Gene Discovery. Parent comment

Re:ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Ge... by mrtron on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @01:59PM (#12175111)
23andMe is not currently sequencing individuals.
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Re:ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Ge... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @03:13PM (#12175707)
No, but their genotyping covers a significant number of SNPs, and they do their own in house statistical research.

Disclaimer: I interviewed at 23andme a few years ago, and have purchased their services for my entire family.

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Re:ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Ge... by nibs on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @03:23PM (#12175776)
Only the exome, which is ~1.5% of the whole genome. Source: http://www.yuzuki.org/the-whole-exome-vs-whole-genome-sequen...
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Re:ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Ge... by toomuchtodo on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @03:38PM (#12175878)
Results from that data alone: https://www.23andme.com/for/scientists/
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Re:ALS Ice Bucket Challenge Donations Lead to Significant Ge... by pizza on Wednesday July 27, 2016 @02:00PM (#12175123)
True, though they do let users participate in genetic surveys that are aggregated and correlated for whatever end.
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