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A comment on Sergey Brin's blog (?).

Re:Sergey Brin's blog (?) by rms on Thursday September 18, 2008 @07:10PM (#308703)
>I now have the opportunity to adjust my life to reduce those odds (e.g. there is evidence that exercise may be protective against Parkinson's).

You don't need a genetic test to know that excercise is incredibly healthy.

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Re:Sergey Brin's blog (?) by bootload on Thursday September 18, 2008 @07:38PM (#308731)
"... You don't need a genetic test to know that excercise is incredibly healthy. ..."

But if you charge "X" dollars to screen people for say Alzheimer's, something they may get 20 years before symptoms arise? The current population is say 25M worldwide expected to rise to 81M by 2040 ~ http://www.abc.net.au/catalyst/stories/2364899.htm Though there are tests currently being trialled to test for beta amyloids in blood.

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Re:Sergey Brin's blog (?) by hellfishburnsy on Thursday September 18, 2008 @08:36PM (#308774)
how about an increased risk for certain types of cancer that I otherwise wouldn't screen on a normal basis?
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Re:Sergey Brin's blog (?) by rms on Thursday September 18, 2008 @09:28PM (#308820)
That is indeed a very useful aspect of genetic testing, however 23andme focuses on less medically useful low penetrance genes. The more medically useful high penetrance genetic tests are almost all patented
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Re:Sergey Brin's blog (?) by lunchbox on Thursday September 18, 2008 @10:20PM (#308842)
Do you know where I can find a list describing the highest penetrance genetic tests that I can compare with 23andme's offerings?
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Re:Sergey Brin's blog (?) by rms on Thursday September 18, 2008 @11:20PM (#308881)
http://www.ornl.gov/sci/techresources/Human_Genome/medicine/...
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