FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports

Re:FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports by nether on Thursday April 06, 2017 @07:52PM (#14055795)

> When I signed up the sample they took was spit in a vial.

Yes, and? I don't see the significance of the testing medium here. DNA sequencing from hair or blood or saliva will yield identical results.

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Re:FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports by aarongolliver on Thursday April 06, 2017 @08:16PM (#14055930)

They're saying the testing medium itself made the test appear less scientific/accurate (to them) than it actually is. Perhaps if it had been a hair sample it would have appeared more scientific (again, to them).

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Re:FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports by Kequc on Friday April 07, 2017 @08:58PM (#14064627)

Yes that's right.

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Re:FDA Authorizes Ten 23andme Genetic Health Risk Reports by SEJeff on Sunday April 09, 2017 @04:12PM (#14074125)

Yup and in both sources, it will be multiplied first via polymerase chain reaction, and then analyzed / sequenced.

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