Why 23andMe Genetic Testing Is A Waste Of Time And Money. Remember last year when our brothers in the US offered a discount to Gizmodo readers for genetic testing service 23andMe?
Yeah well I totally did it, and I kinda wish I hadn’t. Access to your genetic data used to cost thousands of dollars, but with the rise of online genetic testing services, like 23andMe and Navigenics, both of which are available to Australians, it’s become more accessible to people like you and me. 23andMe. Genetic Testing for Health, Disease & Ancestry; DNA Test.
23andMe. Founding[edit] The company was founded by Linda Avey, Paul Cusenza, and Anne Wojcicki to provide genetic testing and interpretation to individual consumers.[3][4] Cusenza left the company in 2007 and has been CEO of Nodal Exchange since 2008.[5] Avey left the company in 2009.
In 2011 she co-founded Curious, Inc.[6] Products and services[edit] In late 2009 23andMe split its genotyping service into three products with different prices, an Ancestry Edition, a Health edition, and a Complete Edition.[13] This decision was reversed a year later when the different products were recombined.[14] In late 2010 the company introduced a monthly subscription fee for updates based on new research findings.[14][15] The subscription model proved unpopular with customers and was eliminated in mid-2012.[16]