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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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