23andMe bows to FDA, drops all medical information from new tests

Re:23andMe bows to FDA, drops all medical information from n... by gwern on Friday December 06, 2013 @01:40PM (#6862746)

My sentiment exactly. 2 days ago I put it on my wishlist, reasoning that even if they weren't marketing, the results would still be interesting. What if I get a kit now? Do I manually look up everything in SNPedia or something?

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Re:23andMe bows to FDA, drops all medical information from n... by sitkack on Friday December 06, 2013 @01:47PM (#6862782)

I have an unused kit from the 99$ sale years ago... Crap. Will they still provide all of the data? One could create a 3rd party service to give the same analysis?

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Re:23andMe bows to FDA, drops all medical information from n... by chewmieser on Friday December 06, 2013 @02:01PM (#6862911)

From their FAQ:

I purchased a kit as a gift before November 22nd, but have not given it to the recipient. Will they still receive health results when they send it in? Yes. Access to health-related results is based on the purchase date of the kit. Any kit purchased before November 22, 2013 and returned to our lab will receive health-related results.

That being said, aren't the kits only good for a year?

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Re:23andMe bows to FDA, drops all medical information from n... by cema on Saturday December 07, 2013 @12:42AM (#6865614)

No need to do it manually: use promethease, for instance. Still, it's quite inconvenient.

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