Isn't this cute? I forget where I got this from.
We had some good friends over for dinner this past long weekend. One of them underwent voluntary DNA testing from 23andMe company. His wife refused to participate although they would have gotten a 20% discount if she had. I think I've written about this topic a few times before. I'm obviously fascinated by the topic. Anyway, our friend was equally fascinated by his results (he received quite a few pages of data). He is in his mid-fifties and it told him was that he has a slightly higher than average risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. There were no major frightening discoveries for him. However he received interesting information on his ancestry. He had to mail in a small amount of saliva to have the test done, and he said it was surprisingly hard to come up with a centimetre of saliva. Something to think about, you will be spitting forever!
I feel that as this DNA analysis gains in popularity, they will make stunning improvements, in say even 5 years. I'm still not ready to do this, are you? I already know we have an abundance of heart problems and some cancer in the family.
We had some good friends over for dinner this past long weekend. One of them underwent voluntary DNA testing from 23andMe company. His wife refused to participate although they would have gotten a 20% discount if she had. I think I've written about this topic a few times before. I'm obviously fascinated by the topic. Anyway, our friend was equally fascinated by his results (he received quite a few pages of data). He is in his mid-fifties and it told him was that he has a slightly higher than average risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. There were no major frightening discoveries for him. However he received interesting information on his ancestry. He had to mail in a small amount of saliva to have the test done, and he said it was surprisingly hard to come up with a centimetre of saliva. Something to think about, you will be spitting forever!
I feel that as this DNA analysis gains in popularity, they will make stunning improvements, in say even 5 years. I'm still not ready to do this, are you? I already know we have an abundance of heart problems and some cancer in the family.
