Comments on: DNA Network Members Discuss Personal Genomics Service Providers 23andMe, deCODEme, and Navigenics

By: Tarun Gupta

Tarun Gupta — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:40:24 +0000

Is it really worth identifying personal sequence variations while many confounding factors like environmental and dietary associations that may interfere in delineating disease susceptibility predictions, remain unknown. We still don’t understand the role and functional mechanism for each and every gene, nor do we understand the exact underlying molecular basis of each and every disease! And as you put it, common sense tells us that eating a lot of fat would give us cardiovascular complications even if we don’t have that spooky SNP!

By: Personal Genomes and Modern Eugenics | The Molecular Biology Blog

Personal Genomes and Modern Eugenics | The Molecular Biology Blog — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 15:55:28 +0000

[...] keeps us informed on personalized sequencing companies that are coming out, including 23andMe, deCODEme, and Navigenics, and now the first whole genome squencing company, Knome. The goal for some is to one day sequence [...]

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:54:35 +0000

LOL Sadly, the price tag is about right but you never know. You could win the lottery tomorrow!

Knome is actually not George Church’s company but he’s an advisor. CEO interview coming up this week!

By: Barry Starr

Barry Starr — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 18:22:03 +0000

I emailed the company about the service and they said they were interested in high net worth individuals (translation: quit wasting my time!). The price was 349,000 dollars and it came with some sort of consultation.

I hadn’t realized that this was Church’s company although given the awful name I might have guessed…

By: Eye on DNA Headlines for 27 November 2007

Eye on DNA Headlines for 27 November 2007 — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 14:35:43 +0000

[...] the brouhaha over new next-gen personal genomics services, it bears repeating that we are more than our DNA. The Toronto Star gets into epigenetics [...]

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:42:31 +0000

Funny you should ask, Derek! I’ve got an interview coming up with the CEO of Knome. (Also speaking on the phone with him today.)

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:40:55 +0000

Steve is right, we need to selfishly save some content for our own blogs … but Hsien, does anyone that reads your blog have any information or opinion about George Church’s venture, http://www.knome.com ? I read somewhere that they where charging $349,000 for their service, but I wasn’t aware they had even launched or made any pricing decisions yet.

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:18:25 +0000

Derek, Thanks for being so thoughtful! I don’t mind if you give me free content here.

By: Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD

Hsien-Hsien Lei, PhD — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 09:17:55 +0000

Steve, Just type [HFE SNPs] into Google and you’ll see that those mutations are considered SNPs.

By: StevenMurphy MD

StevenMurphy MD — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 01:41:11 +0000

I shouldn’t plug it on your blog. I should probably cover what Suracell is now doing. As for the HFE stuff.Are you sure the 3 alleles are 1% pan ethnically. I have been digging it up, I just can’t find good data on Africans or Asians…..
-Steve
http://www.thegenesherpa.blogspot